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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2023
Brp-rotax Gmbh & Co. KG, Gunskirchen, AT;
Robert Ebner, Edt bei Lambach, AT;
Verena Wolfsegger, Roitham am Traunfall, AT;
Petra Wiesinger, Aichkirchen / Lambach, AT;
Roman Schmied, Schwanenstadt, AT;
Alexander Tausch, Innerschwand, AT;
BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO. KG, Gunskirchen, AT;
Abstract
A method for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle having a dual-clutch transmission (DCT) includes: operating the DCT while the vehicle is in motion with a high or low transmission gear drivingly engaged; receiving a shift request to engage an other one of the high and low transmission gears; reducing an engine torque output and first and second clutch torques; shifting a subtransmission to a neutral gear setting; selecting a first gear or a second gear to drive the subtransmission; shifting the main transmission to engage the selected first or second gear; after shifting the main transmission, shifting the subtransmission to the other one of the high and low transmission gears; and after shifting the subtransmission, controlling the engine torque output and the first and second clutch torques according to a driver request at an accelerator of the vehicle.