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Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 1991

Filed:

Dec. 12, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kazumasa Kurihara, Higashimatsuyama, JP;

Shigeru Yajima, Higashimatsuyama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192-0032 ; 192-0076 ; 192-0096 ; 1921 / ; 3644241 ;
Abstract

In a control system for controlling a clutch coupled with an internal combustion engine for driving a vehicle off, the control operation for clutch engagement is carried out based on the level of power insufficiency of the engine. When the level of engine insufficiency is within a predetermined range, the operation for clutch engagement is controlled in accordance with the change in the amount of operation of an accelerating member without stopping the engaging operation of the clutch. In order to improve the performance experienced by the operator at drive-off, just after recovery from power insufficiency, the target clutch stroke to be followed is corrected by correction data determined on the basis of the difference between the target and actual clutch stroke at the time the engine has just recovered from its power insufficiency.


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