Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Andreas Heinzler

Mario Steinborn

Kai Bornträger

Roland Mair

Johannes Glückler

Christian Mittelberger

Florian Schneider

Stefan Blattner

Jochen Breuer

Hans Pilzweger

Gabriela Jager

Thorsten Leim

Thomas Ebertseder

Markus Birk

Carolin Heller

Marcus Haug

Rick Hauschwitz

A control method for a vehicle () in which the vehicle () is controlled manually while sensor data, from at least one sensor of the vehicle (), is collected and stored. Then the vehicle () is controlled autonomously while sensor data, from the at least one sensor is detected and matched to the stored sensor data.

Control of a vehicle via reference sensor data

A method of operating a motor vehicle drive-train having a drive aggregate, a group transmission and a drive output. The aggregate can couple an input shaft of the transmission which includes main, splitter and range groups. To carry out a shift, a target gear and target rotational speed of the aggregate are calculated for the shift to be carried out. After the initiation of the shift a load reduction is first carried out, then a group of the transmission is disengaged in order to shift the transmission to neutral, after which a group of the transmission is synchronized and to shift out of neutral, the synchronized group is engaged, and then the load is again built up. Initiation of the shift, after calculating the target gear and the target rotational speed, occurs at a point in time when complete performance of a shift is not yet possible.

Method and control device for operating a drivetrain

A method for compensation of a support torque at a combustion engine and transmission which provide an overlay of combustion engine and electric machine. The combustion engine, the electric machine, and a transmission gearset are connected with each other via a planetary gearset, which is positioned in front of a downstream transmission gearset. The invention concerns a transmission gearset of a three-shaft transmission, each with a transmission input shaft for the electric machine, and for the combustion engine, and an output shaft. For the connection or disconnection of the transmission input shaft of the electric machine while driving, the electric machine is used for the synchronization of the input shaft of the electric machine, and the created support torque at the combustion engine is determined, based on this support torque, to match a combustion engine torque and thus to compensate the support torque.

Method for compensating a support torque on the combustion engine

A method of releasing a stuck vehicle, in which a stuck situation is recognized and a rocking-free process is initiated and continued until the rocking-free process is suppressed. The rocking-free process is suppressed either after the activation of a parking brake of the vehicle, which was inactive at the beginning of and during the rocking-free process, for a predetermined time interval, or after the registration of a limit value of a deflection of a drive pedal of the vehicle and after the limit value of the deflection of the drive pedal is maintained or exceeded for a predetermined time interval, or after a vehicle speed falls to almost zero km/h, a minimum actuation of a drive pedal of the vehicle is registered, the vehicle speed is maintained for a predetermined time interval and the minimum actuation is maintained for the predetermined time interval.

Method for freeing a vehicle by rocking when the vehicle got stuck

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Andreas Heinzler