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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Jul. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Whitley Coventry Warwickshire, GB;

Inventors:

Simon Sutton, Rugby, GB;

Steve Mullane, Southam, GB;

Malkit Ram, Coventry, GB;

Sam Burt, Leamington Spa, GB;

Assignee:

Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Whitley, Coventry, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/346 (2006.01); F16H 61/70 (2006.01); B60W 10/111 (2012.01); F16H 63/42 (2006.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/0204 (2013.01); B60K 17/3467 (2013.01); B60W 10/111 (2013.01); F16H 61/702 (2013.01); F16H 63/42 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/04 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0096 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0234 (2013.01); F16H 2063/426 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to a vehicle control system () for controlling a vehicle transfer case (). The transfer case () is operable in a high range and a low range. The vehicle control system () is configured to determine an operating range for the transfer case () based on a selected vehicle operating mode. A range change signal is output to implement a range change to engage the determined operating range. The present invention also relates to a vehicle () and a related method of operating a vehicle control system ().


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