CN112360898A

CN112360898A - Electronic clutch for motorcycle

Info

Publication number: CN112360898A
Application number: CN202011148026.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张浩波
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-10-23
Filing date: 2020-10-23
Publication date: 2021-02-12

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic clutch for a motorcycle, which comprises a controller, a connecting piece and a driving device, wherein the controller is arranged beside a clutch handle of the motorcycle, one end of the controller is connected with the clutch handle through the connecting piece, the other end of the controller is connected with a circuit of the driving device through a lead, and an output shaft of the driving device is fixedly connected with the clutch of the motorcycle. The invention innovatively changes the traditional motorcycle clutch finger force application pulling or finger force application hydraulic pulling into electric driving, and controls the driving device to pull the clutch through the controller, thereby greatly reducing the force used by the fingers of a driver in the driving process, having more obvious effect particularly in the congested road section and reducing the finger burden of the driver.

Description

Electronic clutch for motorcycle

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of motorcycle accessories, in particular to an electronic clutch for a motorcycle.

Background

Clutches are common components in mechanical transmissions, and allow the transmission to be disengaged or engaged at any time. In all gear shifting motorcycles on the market at present, a clutch is implemented by two modes, namely a pull wire mode and a hydraulic mode; however, the pull wire or the hydraulic clutch applies force to the clutch handle through fingers, and a spring on the clutch can be jacked open by using larger force, so that the clutch is separated; the existing motorcycle clutch needs to consume more strength when in use, and particularly needs to be frequently held and released in a traffic jam road section, so that the finger burden of a driver is heavier, and the physical loss of the driver is increased.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems, the invention provides the electronic clutch for the motorcycle, the pulling force of the clutch spring is counteracted through electric drive, the clutch can be controlled by only lightly driving the controller through fingers, and the physical loss and the finger burden of a driver are greatly reduced.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: an electronic clutch for a motorcycle comprises a controller, a connecting piece and a driving device, wherein the controller is arranged beside a clutch handle of the motorcycle, one end of the controller is connected with the clutch handle through the connecting piece, the other end of the controller is connected with a circuit of the driving device through a conducting wire, and an output shaft of the driving device is fixedly connected with the clutch of the motorcycle.

Preferably, the controller is a potentiometer, a rotating handle of the potentiometer is fixedly connected with the connecting piece, and the potentiometer is connected with the driving device circuit through a lead.

Preferably, the driving device is a servo motor, a stepping motor, a steering engine or other electric driving devices.

Preferably, the connecting piece includes connector, connecting rod and connecting block, the connecting rod is the arc structure, the connecting rod both ends respectively with connector and connecting block fixed connection, the connector with the connection can be dismantled to the turning handle, the connecting block with the connection can be dismantled to the separation and reunion handle.

Preferably, one end of the connector, which is close to the rotating handle, is provided with a connecting groove corresponding to the rotating handle, and the rotating handle is connected with the connecting groove in an interference fit manner.

Preferably, a rubber layer is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the connecting groove.

Preferably, a through hole corresponding to the clutch handle is formed in the middle of the connecting block, a bolt hole is formed in one side of the connecting block, the connecting block is inserted into the clutch handle through the through hole, and a fixing bolt is connected to the bolt hole in a bolt manner.

Preferably, an anti-slip layer is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the through hole.

Preferably, fixedly connected with installed part on the controller, the installed part includes fixed plate and mounting panel, the fixed plate pass through the bolt with controller fixed connection, the mounting panel with fixed plate integrated into one piece and extend to the controller outside, first mounting hole has been seted up on the mounting panel.

Preferably, the bottom of the driving device is fixedly connected with a connecting plate, and the fixing plate is provided with a plurality of second mounting holes.

The invention has the beneficial effects that:

1. the invention innovatively changes the traditional motorcycle clutch pulling mode into electric drive, and controls the driving device to pull the clutch through the controller, thereby greatly reducing the force used by the fingers of a driver in the driving process, having more obvious effect particularly in the congested road section and reducing the burden of the fingers of the driver;

2. the controller is connected with the clutch handle of the motorcycle through the connecting piece, so that the refitting cost is greatly reduced, a user only needs to additionally install the controller and the driving device on the original basis, and the gear-shifting motorcycle is suitable for most gear-shifting motorcycles in the market;

3. the controller, the driving device and the connecting piece are convenient to disassemble and convenient to maintain or replace.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the electronic clutch of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the mounting of the controller of the present invention on a motorcycle;

fig. 3 is a schematic view showing the mounting of the driving apparatus of the present invention on a motorcycle.

Shown in the figure: 1-a controller; 11-a rotating handle; 12-a mounting plate; 121-a first mounting hole; 13-fixing the plate; 2-a drive device; 21-a connecting plate; 3-a connector; 31-a connector; 32-a connecting rod; 33-connecting blocks; 331-a through hole; 332-fixing bolts; 4-a wire; 5, a clutch; 6-clutch handle.

Detailed Description

In order to make the purpose and technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings and the implementation examples of the embodiments of the present invention. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1-3, an electronic clutch 5 for a motorcycle according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a controller 1, a connecting member 3 and a driving device 2, wherein the controller 1 is mounted on the edge of a clutch handle 6 of the motorcycle by bolts and is connected to the clutch handle 6 of the motorcycle by the connecting member 3, the connecting member 3 is pulled by the clutch handle 6 to pull the controller 1, the other end of the controller 1 is electrically connected to the driving device 2 by a wire 4, an output shaft of the driving device 2 is fixedly connected to the clutch 5 of the motorcycle, a driver pulls the controller 1 by gripping or releasing the clutch handle 6 of the motorcycle, the controller 1 instructs the output shaft of the driving device 2 to pull the clutch 5, wherein the degree of the clutch 5 is pulled by the output shaft of the driving device 2 is controlled by the force of gripping the clutch handle 6 of the motorcycle, the effect of pulling the clutch 5 by the traditional gear shifting motorcycle is achieved, and the clutch handle 6 after being modified does not need to directly pull the clutch 5 through a pulling wire, so that the force required by fingers is greatly reduced, but the normal driving habit of a driver is not influenced.

The controller 1 is a potentiometer, a rotating handle 11 of the potentiometer is fixedly connected with the connecting piece 3, and the potentiometer is in circuit connection with the driving device 2 through a lead 4. In this embodiment, the controller 1 is controlled by a potentiometer, a handle 11 of the potentiometer is connected with a clutch handle 6 of the motorcycle through a connecting piece 3, the clutch handle 6 of the motorcycle is pulled to drive the handle 11 of the potentiometer to move, the power of the driving device 2 is controlled through different moving distances, and therefore the force of the driving device 2 for pulling the clutch 5 is controlled.

Further, the driving device 2 is a servo motor or a stepping motor. In this embodiment, the driving device 2 adopts a servo motor or a stepping motor, and the servo motor or the stepping motor or the steering engine is controlled to work through a potentiometer, so as to control the opening and closing degree of the clutch 5. It should be noted that the clutch 5 on the market is opened by pulling a pull rod or pushing an ejector rod, and the output shaft of the driving device 2 such as a servo motor, a stepping motor or a steering engine is connected with the pull rod or the ejector rod of the clutch 5, so as to control the opening and closing degree of the clutch.

In this embodiment, the connecting piece 3 includes a connector 31, a connecting rod 32 and a connecting block 33, the connecting rod 32 is of an arc structure, the connecting rod 32 is made of a rigid material, the specific shape and size can be set according to the position relation and the distance between the clutch handle 6 and the controller 1 of motorcycles of different models, two ends of the connecting rod 32 are respectively welded and fixed to the connector 31 and the connecting block 33 or integrally formed, the connector 31 is detachably connected to the rotating handle 11, and the connecting block 33 is detachably connected to the clutch handle 6.

The connecting head 31 is close to one end of the rotating handle 11, a connecting groove corresponding to the rotating handle 11 is formed in the end, close to the rotating handle 11, and the rotating handle 11 is connected with the connecting groove in an interference fit mode. The shape and the size of the inner side of the connecting groove are the same as those of the rotating handle 11, and the connecting groove is sleeved on the outer side of the rotating handle 11 and fixed through interference fit.

Further, a rubber layer is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the connecting groove. The rubber layer not only can improve the frictional force between spread groove and the turning handle 11 to the rubber layer has certain elasticity, and is easy to assemble, avoids not hard up the drop.

The middle of the connecting block 33 is provided with a through hole 331 corresponding to the clutch handle 6, one side of the connecting block 33 is provided with a bolt hole, the shape and size of the through hole 331 can be set according to the shape of the clutch handle 6 of the motorcycle, the connecting block 33 is inserted into the clutch handle 6 through the through hole 331, the bolt hole is in bolt connection with a fixing bolt 332, the bolt hole and the through hole 331 are communicated with each other, and the fixing bolt 332 is screwed into the bolt hole and then props against the clutch handle 6 of the motorcycle, so that the connecting block 33 is fixed on the clutch handle 6, and slipping and falling are avoided.

Further, an anti-slip layer is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the through hole 331. In this embodiment, the skid resistant course can adopt rubber materials to make, improves the frictional force between the inner wall of through-hole 331 and the separation and reunion handle 6 to rubber has certain elasticity, and is easy to assemble, avoids becoming flexible to drop.

Further, fixedly connected with installed part on the controller 1, the installed part includes fixed plate 13 and mounting panel 12, fixed plate 13 pass through the bolt with controller 1 fixed connection, mounting panel 12 with fixed plate 13 integrated into one piece and extend to the controller 1 outside, first mounting hole 121 has been seted up on mounting panel 12. In the embodiment, by installing a mounting member on the controller 1, wherein the mounting member is fixed to the controller 1 through the fixing plate 13, the mounting plate 12 at the other end is integrally formed with the fixing plate 13 and extends to the outside of the controller 1, and the controller 1 is installed at one end of the clutch handle 6 through the first mounting hole 121, the installation and the disassembly are simple, and no additional modification is needed to the motorcycle.

Further, the bottom of the driving device 2 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 21, and the fixing plate 13 is provided with a plurality of second mounting holes. Fixing plate 13 is installed through schemes such as bolt or paste to drive arrangement 2 bottom, and two second mounting holes have been seted up in the fixing plate 13 extension to the 2 outsides of drive arrangement, fix second mounting hole and motorcycle engine outside through the bolt, and the installation is simple with the dismantlement, need not to do extra repacking to the motorcycle. It should be noted that the driving motor 2 is mounted on the engine of the motorcycle in the embodiment, but it is also included in the invention as long as the function of controlling the clutch 5 to open and close is realized.

Example 2

The difference between the embodiment and the embodiment 1 is that the controller 1 is directly installed on the handle of the motorcycle, and a driver can directly control the rotating handle 11 of the potentiometer through fingers so as to control the driving device 2 to work during driving, in the embodiment, the connecting piece 3 is omitted to connect the controller 1 and the clutch handle 6, so that the material cost is reduced, the controller 1 is directly installed on the handle of the motorcycle, and the advantages that the driver can directly control the potentiometer and reduce the material cost are achieved; however, this embodiment requires modification of the motorcycle handle, and eliminates the provision of the clutch handle 6, which causes a problem that the driver is not accustomed to the operation as compared with the conventional shifting motorcycle.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features. The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. An electronic clutch for a motorcycle, characterized in that: the motorcycle clutch comprises a controller, a connecting piece and a driving device, wherein the controller is arranged beside a clutch handle of a motorcycle, one end of the controller is connected with the clutch handle through the connecting piece, the other end of the controller is connected with a circuit of the driving device through a lead, and an output shaft of the driving device is fixedly connected with a clutch of the motorcycle.

2. An electronic clutch for motorcycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the controller is a potentiometer, a rotating handle of the potentiometer is fixedly connected with the connecting piece, and the potentiometer is connected with the driving device circuit through a lead.

3. An electronic clutch for motorcycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the driving device is one of a servo motor, a stepping motor and a steering engine.

4. An electronic clutch for motorcycles as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the connecting piece includes connector, connecting rod and connecting block, the connecting rod is the arc structure, the connecting rod both ends respectively with connector and connecting block fixed connection, the connector with the connection can be dismantled to the turning handle, the connecting block with the connection can be dismantled to separation and reunion handle.

5. An electronic clutch for motorcycles as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the connector is close to the one end of turning handle seted up with the spread groove that the turning handle corresponds, the turning handle with the spread groove passes through interference fit and connects.

6. An electronic clutch for motorcycles as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the inner wall of the connecting groove is fixedly connected with a rubber layer.

7. An electronic clutch for motorcycles as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the connecting block is characterized in that a through hole corresponding to the clutch handle is formed in the middle of the connecting block, a bolt hole is formed in one side of the connecting block, the connecting block is inserted into the clutch handle through the through hole, and a fixing bolt is connected to the bolt hole in a bolt manner.

8. An electronic clutch for motorcycles as claimed in claim 7, wherein: and an anti-skid layer is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the through hole.

9. An electronic clutch for motorcycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein: fixedly connected with installed part on the controller, the installed part includes fixed plate and mounting panel, the fixed plate pass through the bolt with controller fixed connection, the mounting panel with fixed plate integrated into one piece extends to the controller outside, first mounting hole has been seted up on the mounting panel.

10. An electronic clutch for motorcycles as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the bottom of the driving device is fixedly connected with a connecting plate, and the fixing plate is provided with a plurality of second mounting holes.