Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen, Ag.

Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag

Robert Boschgmbh

Wolf-Dieter Gruhle

Wolfgang Runge

Willi Seidel

Hubert Remmlinger

Joseph Petersmann

Gerhard Eschrich

Heinz Stehle

Manfred Schwab

Peter Wendel

Thomas Wehr

Ludwig Hamm

Wolfgang Danz

Udo Gillich

Peter Sigg

Claus Granzow

Dirk Bald

Josef Schwarz

Ronald Schwamm

Thomas Foeldi

Martin Spiess

Gerald Rowe

Horst Krimmel

Matthias Habel

Wolfgang Maier

Peter Streipardt

Harald Deiss

Peter Feulner

Roland Geiger

Jürgen Lucas

Frank König

Udo Judaschke

Christian Thomas

A method for interlinking regulation and/or control functions for a motor vehicle, the communication structure of the control or regulation functions is defined by way of graphs containing nodes and directed gridlines, the nodes of the graph representing control or regulation functions and its directed gridlines representing defined communication paths of the control or regulation functions.

Method for cross-linking of regulation-and/or control functions for a motor vehicle

Process for controlling and regulating the load take-up in an automatic

Process and device for controlling a clutch

Process for regulating a clutch

In order to adapt the shifting characteristics of an electrohydraulically controlled, automatically shifting transmission continuously to the dirver's driving style or to a just existing or real time traffic situation, the driving speed (v), the lateral acceleration (aq), the longitudinal acceleration (alb), the longitudinal deceleration (alv) and the engine rotational speed (nmot) in addition to the throttle valve position alpha, are detected and by way of characteristic diagrams and a linking function are added to form a parameter from which, by filtering, a driving activity is determined. This driving activity is finally used for the selection of a shifting program from a plurality of shifting programs ranging from a consumption-optimized shifting program (SKF1) to a power-optimized shifting program (SKF5).

Method and apparatus for controlling an automatically shifting

In order to improve the shifting characteristics of an electrohydraulically controlled, automatically shifting transmission particularly during cornering and braking, the driving speed (v), the lateral acceleration (aq), and the time variation of the throttle valve position are sensed in addition to the throttle valve position (alpha) and the engine rotational speed (nmot). From the time variation of the throttle valve position, a signal can be derived for the prevention of an upshifting operation since a motor vehicle driver's foot moves away faster from the accelerator pedal when approaching a bend in the road than would be the case for the normal deceleration of the motor vehicle.

Method and apparatus for controlling an automatic shift transmission

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Wolf-Dieter Gruhle