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Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 08, 2022
Applicant:

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Inventor:

Ralf Beck, Oberteuringen, DE;

Assignee:

ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/16 (2006.01); F16H 59/72 (2006.01); F16H 59/44 (2006.01); F16H 59/48 (2006.01); F16H 59/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/16 (2013.01); F16H 59/40 (2013.01); F16H 59/44 (2013.01); F16H 59/48 (2013.01); F16H 59/72 (2013.01); F16H 2059/443 (2013.01); F16H 2200/006 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0052 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0082 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for operating a multi-gear vehicle transmission having a plurality of shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) for engaging gears of the vehicle transmission. In a neutral gear, in which some of the shifting elements (A, B) are already actuated, a transmission input () is decoupled from a transmission output () of the vehicle transmission. In a driving gear the transmission input () is coupled to the transmission output () of the vehicle transmission by closing the shifting elements (A, B, C, D, E) associated with the driving gear, in order to propel the vehicle. With the neutral gear engaged a transmission condition is determined, and if a transmission condition with elevated drag losses exists, then in addition to the shifting elements (A, B) actuated in the neutral gear a shifting element (D) associated with a reversing gear of the vehicle transmission is also closed.


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