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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1990

Filed:

Apr. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:

Howard L Benford, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);

Maurice B Leising, Clawson, MI (US);

Hemang S Mehta, Sterling Heights, MI (US);

Assignee:

Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3644241 ; 74866 ;
Abstract

A method of shift selection in an electronic automatic transmission wherein a controller is capable of selecting between various desired transmission gear changes or shift patterns to place the transmission in the appropriate gear based on a plurality of input conditions. The method includes comparing a mask with a byte in a table row and determining whether a matching row was found. The method also includes pointing to the next row if a matching row was found and determining whether the present operating gear equals the next byte. The method further includes selecting the next byte to perform a predetermined gear change or selecting another byte to perform another predetermined gear change based on the present operating gear equaling the next byte, and executing the gear change selected.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Benford, Howard. (1990). Method of shift selection in an electronic automatic transmission system (U.S. Patent No. 4935872). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4935872

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