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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.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
William F Cote, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Robert R Smyth, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36442405 ; 36457101 ; 74866 ;
Abstract
A method for controlling an AMT System (10) is provided including sensing the presence of an existing or impending wheel lock-up condition and modifying the method for controlling the system to respond to said wheel lock-up condition in as safe a manner as possible. The method for controlling the AMT System (10) in response to sensing a wheel lock-up condition includes immediately releasing the clutch or coupling (14) and prohibiting the central processing unit (56) from issuing any transmission change gear command output signals.