Clutch for road vehicle has electric generator linked to magnetic counterbalance minimizing manual forces and has spring maintaining clutch engagement, linked as required to disengagement unit

摘要

The clutch for a road vehicle has a spring (28) maintaining clutch engagement and linked as required to a disengagement unit (32,42,48) which also partly compensates for the disengagement force. The disengagement unit converts engine torque into clutch disengagement energy. The disengagement unit incorporates a generator which converts rotational energy into electrical energy, and a magnetic force generation unit which transforms electrical energy from the generator into clutch disengagement force.