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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1991
David G Sokol, New Holland, PA (US);
Richard P Strosser, Akron, PA (US);
James W Macqueene, Willowbrook, IL (US);
Ford New Holland, Inc., New Holland, PA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle transmission system having shift levers mechanically linked to couplers for selection of ranges of gear speed ratios and electro-hydraulic powershift clutches for selection of a gear speed ratio within the selected range is provided with controls for avoiding unexpected speeds or speed changes under certain conditions. If the vehicle is moving at start-up as a result of a stall or accidental reset of the microprocessor, and the shift levers have not been moved since the stall or reset, the microprocessor retrieves from a nonvolatile memory an indication of the last selected powershift gear prior to the reset and uses it for the initial powershift gear selection. When an operator depresses a clutch, shifts a shift lever and then changes his mind and shifts the shift lever back to its original position before releasing the clutch above a threshold point, the microprocessor selects the powershift gear in effect at the time the clutch pedal was depressed.