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Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Inventors:

Martina Jehle, Kressbronn, DE;

Christian Pannek, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Assignee:

ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/12 (2010.01); F16H 63/36 (2006.01); F16H 63/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/12 (2013.01); F16H 63/3069 (2013.01); F16H 63/36 (2013.01); F16H 2061/1204 (2013.01); F16H 2061/1284 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for operating a transmission () that includes at least one form-locking shift element (A, F) with two shift-element halves is provided. The shift element (A, F) is disengaged in a first end position and is engaged in a second end position of a displaceable shift-element half. Upon detection of a sensor malfunction, a check is carried out to determine whether the shift-element half, before the malfunction of the sensor, was in an end position as demanded and was actuated by an actuation force acting in the direction of this end position. Power flow in the transmission () is maintained for as long as it takes for the shift-element half, starting from the current end position, to be actuated in the direction of the other end position and/or for the actuation force acting in the direction of the current end position to be less than a threshold value.


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