A two-speed active transfer case includes an input shaft adapted to receive drive torque from a powertrain, a rear output shaft adapted for connection to a rear driveline and aligned with the input shaft for rotation about a first rotary axis, a front output shaft adapted for connection to a front driveline and aligned for rotation about a second rotary axis, and a transfer mechanism driven by the rear output shaft. The transfer case also includes a two-speed range mechanism operably disposed between the input shaft and the rear output shaft, a range shift mechanism for controlling operation of the two-speed range mechanism, a mode mechanism operably disposed between the transfer mechanism and the front output shaft, and a mode shift mechanism for controlling operation of the mode mechanism.

An all-wheel drive vehicle drivetrain can include an input member, first and second output members, a planetary differential, a first clutch, and a second clutch. The differential can include an internal gear, a carrier, a sun gear, and a differential gear set. The internal gear can be coupled to the input member to receive input torque about an axis. The carrier can be coupled to the first output for common rotation about the axis. The differential gear set can receive input torque from the internal gear and output differential torque to the carrier and the sun gear. The first clutch can be operable to selectively couple and decouple the sun gear with the second output member for common rotation. The second clutch can be operable to selectively transmit torque between the carrier and the second output member.

A rotor support member includes: a tubular portion having a tubular shape extending along an axial direction and supporting a rotor of a rotary electric machine; and a flange portion provided to extend along a radial direction on an inner side in radial direction with respect to tubular portion at a position adjacent to a first engagement device on a first side in the axial direction, and connected to tubular portion. The flange portion includes a cylinder forming portion protruding to first side in the axial direction so as to form a cylinder portion on which a first piston portion of the first engagement device slides. A rotation sensor includes a rotating body supported by an outer peripheral surface of cylinder forming portion on an outer side in the radial direction, and a fixed body disposed on the outer side in the radial direction with respect to the rotating body.

In a hydraulic clutch actuation system for controlling in particular a clutch-controlled compensation unit of a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, in which hydraulic clutch actuation system a hydraulic pump is used for generating hydraulic pressure in a hydraulic fluid for the purposes of clutch actuation by means of a hydraulic clutch actuation device, provision is made whereby the hydraulic fluid is supplied as clutch oil to the friction members of the friction clutch which are to be oiled with clutch oil (cooling and/or lubricating oil). In this way, improved and more reliable oiling of the clutch can be made possible even at low vehicle speeds and under heavy clutch load, wherein, despite this, very rapid dry-running of the cutches, and low power losses generated by the clutch oiling, are ensured.

A vehicle final drive unit (FDU) of a vehicle driveline. The vehicle FDU includes one or more wet clutches that provide disconnect capabilities in the vehicle FDU, and includes a final drive gearset. Different techniques are provided for discontinuing lubricant supply to the wet clutch(es) when the wet clutch(es) are disconnected in order to preclude unwanted rotations that can be the consequence of adhesion among clutch plates in the wet clutch(es). One technique actively brakes the final drive gearset in the vehicle FDU so that the final drive gearset no longer rotates and no longer throws lubricant to the wet clutch(es). Another technique involves closing an entrance that leads lubricant to the wet clutch(es).

A control device controls a driving force transmission device that presses a main clutch using an actuator that generates a pressing force according to a supply current. The control device includes a current command value setting unit that sets a current command value based on I-T characteristic information indicating the relationship between a current supplied to the actuator and a driving force transmitted, a correction duration setting unit that sets a correction duration based on a responsiveness related value related to the responsiveness of the main clutch when an increase in the driving force to be transmitted by the main clutch becomes greater than or equal to a threshold, a correction unit that increases and corrects the current command value for the set correction duration, and the current control unit that performs current feedback control such that a current corresponding to the current command value is supplied to the actuator.

A power transmitting device that includes a shaft, a friction clutch, a lubricant passage and an oil spout. The friction clutch defines a lubricant chamber. The lubricant passage is disposed between the shaft and the lubricant chamber and has a passage outlet that intersects the lubricant chamber. The oil spout is received in the lubricant chamber and extends along a longitudinal axis of the shaft such that the oil spout is disposed about the lubricant passage and a portion of a hub portion of the friction clutch. The oil spout diverges radially outwardly from the hub portion with increasing distance from the lubricant passage in a direction toward an outlet of the oil spout.

A meshing clutch comprises a rotor with a first meshing clutch, a sleeve with a second meshing clutch and a first cam being supported by a clutch hub and urged so as to release meshing, a cam ring configured to convert movement in a rotational direction into movement in an axial direction to lock the meshing according to cooperation of the first and the second cams, and a cam actuator, a sun gear that receives rotation input, an internal gear meshing with the sun gear through a planet pinion, a planet carrier being provided with a drive pinion for output, a fiction clutch mechanism to adjust connection between the internal gear and the planet carrier according to fastening, and a clutch actuator performing fastening control of the friction clutch mechanism.

A wet-type multi plate clutch capable of being used for a transmission in an automobile. A clutch pack 50 is provided with a plurality of drive plate 52 and a plurality of driven plates 54. The drive plates 52 have single surfaces on which clutch facings 55 are fixed and opposed surfaces on which annular grooves 58 along entire peripheral lengths are formed. The driven plates 54 have single surfaces on which clutch facings 56 are fixed and opposed surfaces on which annular grooves 59 along entire peripheral lengths are formed. The sliding surfaces of the drive plates 52 and the driven plates 54 are arranged between the clutch facings 55 and 56, which are axially adjacent with each other.

A hybrid vehicle drive apparatus, including a prime-mover-output-shaft, a transmission-input-shaft and a motor-rotor provided therebetween, each rotatable around an axis-line, a first-clutch connecting/disconnecting the output-shaft and the motor, a second-clutch connecting/disconnecting the motor and the input-shaft, a case-member having a radially extending non-rotating-sidewall-member and a non-rotating-shaft-member extending around the axis-line, and a rotor-support-member having a rotating-shaft-member rotatably fitted on the non-rotating-shaft-member and a rotating-sidewall-member facing the non-rotating-sidewall-member and extending radially outward from the rotating-shaft-member, and cantilevering the rotor, wherein the first/second-clutch has first/second-plates alternately and rotatably arranged in the axial-direction, a clutch-hub supporting the first-plates movably in the axial-direction, and a clutch-drum supporting the second-plates movably in the axial-direction, the clutch-hub of the first-clutch is integrally rotatable with the output-shaft, the clutch-hub of the second-clutch is integrally rotatable with the input-shaft, and the clutch-drums of the first/second-clutches are a single-shared-clutch-drum and integrally rotatable with the rotor-support-member.