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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2023
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Philipp Kölbl, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Dennis Schaer, Meckenbeuren, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A method for adapting a pressure characteristic curve of a friction-locking shift element of a transmission of a motor vehicle includes actuating the shift element using a rapid filling pressure for a first time, shorter than an adapted rapid filling time by a defined period of time. The method further includes subsequently actuating the shift element using a waiting pressure for a waiting time, the waiting pressure being lower than the rapid filling pressure. The method further includes subsequently actuating the shift element using the rapid filling pressure during a second time, equal to the defined period of time, and ascertaining a reaction of the transmission to adaptation. Additionally, the method includes determining, when the reaction of the transmission to the adaptation corresponds to a reaction to the rapid filling time adaptation, a pressure at a characteristic point on the curve being adapted as the waiting pressure.