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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 11794843 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 04, 2022

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 59/40 (2006.01); B62J 45/412 (2020.01); F16H 59/62 (2006.01); F16H 59/36 (2006.01); F16H 59/24 (2006.01); F16H 59/54 (2006.01); B62M 9/08 (2006.01); B62M 27/02 (2006.01); F16H 9/14 (2006.01); F16H 61/662 (2006.01); B60W 10/107 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); F16H 59/44 (2006.01); B62J 45/415 (2020.01); B62J 45/411 (2020.01); B62J 45/414 (2020.01); B62J 45/40 (2020.01); F16H 59/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62J 45/412 (2020.02); 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 59/40 (2013.01); F16H 59/54 (2013.01); F16H 59/62 (2013.01); F16H 61/66272 (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 45/411 (2020.02); B62J 45/414 (2020.02); B62J 45/415 (2020.02); B62J 45/4152 (2020.02); F16H 2059/366 (2013.01); F16H 2059/446 (2013.01); F16H 2059/663 (2013.01); F16H 2061/66209 (2013.01); F16H 2312/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes: an engine; a throttle operator moveable by a driver; a throttle valve regulating airflow to the engine; a continuously variable transmission (CVT) operatively connected to the engine; at least one ground engaging member including at least one of: a wheel and a track; a piston operatively connected to a driving pulley of the CVT for applying a piston force to the driving pulley when actuated and thereby changing an effective diameter of the driving pulley; and a control unit for controlling actuation of the piston and the piston force. The method includes: determining a driven pulley speed of a driven pulley of the CVT; detecting an uphill stand condition indicative of the vehicle being stopped on an uphill; responsive to the detection of the uphill stand condition, controlling the piston force based on the driven pulley speed.

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