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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.

Patent No.:

US 11261963 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2020

Method of operating a vehicle and a vehicle

Applicant:

Brp-rotax Gmbh & Co. KG, Gunskirchen, AT;

Inventors:

Guenther Roland, Pasching, AT;

Christian Stiebinger, Puchkirchen, AT;

Assignee:

BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KG, Gunskirchen, AT;

Attorney:

BCF LLP

Primary Examiner:

Roger L Pang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/24 (2006.01); F16H 61/662 (2006.01); F16H 59/62 (2006.01); F16H 59/36 (2006.01); B62M 9/08 (2006.01); B62M 27/02 (2006.01); F16H 9/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/107 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); F16H 59/44 (2006.01); B62J 45/40 (2020.01); B62J 45/415 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/66272 (2013.01); B62M 9/08 (2013.01); B62M 27/02 (2013.01); F16H 9/14 (2013.01); F16H 59/24 (2013.01); F16H 59/36 (2013.01); F16H 59/62 (2013.01); B60W 10/107 (2013.01); B60W 30/181 (2013.01); B60W 30/18018 (2013.01); B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60W 30/18072 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0604 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0676 (2013.01); B60W 2510/104 (2013.01); B60W 2555/40 (2020.02); B60W 2710/1077 (2013.01); B62J 45/40 (2020.02); B62J 45/4152 (2020.02); F16H 2059/366 (2013.01); F16H 2059/446 (2013.01); F16H 2061/66209 (2013.01); Y10T 477/624 (2015.01); Y10T 477/6237 (2015.01); Y10T 477/65 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a vehicle having an engine, a throttle valve and a throttle operator. A continuously variable transmission operatively connected to the engine has a driving pulley, a driven pulley, and a belt operatively connecting the driving and driven pulleys. A ground engaging member is operatively connected to the driven pulley. A piston is operatively connected to the driving pulley for applying a piston force thereto and thereby changing an effective diameter of the driving pulley. A control unit controls actuation of the piston and the piston force. The method includes detecting a stall condition indicative of the vehicle being stalled, and, responsive to the detection, setting the piston force to be zero.

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