MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517095058 A) filed by Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on Oct. 3, for 'clutch control device.'
Inventor(s) include Ono Junya; Ito Asuka; Ishii Daichi; Ryuzaki Tatsuya; Kaibe Yuma; Yoshida Masahiro; and Tsuzuki Ryohei.
The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This clutch control device (40A) comprises a clutch device (26), a clutch actuator (50), and a control unit (40). The control unit (40) has an automatic control mode (M1) in which the clutch device (26) is automatically operated by driving the clutch actuator (50) and a manual control mode (M2) in which the clutch device (26) is manually operated by an operation input to a clutch operator (4b) operated by a driver. In accordance with the wear state of the clutch device (26), the control unit (40) shifts to a forced manual control mode in which only the manual control mode (M2) can be selected."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 29, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/012867.
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