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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Hans Höfler, Immenstaad am Bodensee, DE;
Thomas Kurz, Langenargen, DE;
Andreas Schwarz, Langenargen, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 30/19 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F16D 48/06 (2006.01); F16H 45/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/19 (2013.01); B60W 10/026 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); F16D 48/06 (2013.01); F16H 45/02 (2013.01); F16H 61/143 (2013.01); B60W 2550/00 (2013.01); B60W 2710/024 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0644 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rotational speed-regulated internal combustion engine in a working machine, for example a wheel loader, shortly before the engaging a bridging clutch of a hydrodynamic torque converter, is switched over in such manner that the internal combustion engine operates under torque regulation when the bridging clutch of the hydrodynamic torque converter is engaged.