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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:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kwok W Chan, Chorley, GB;
William J Mack, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3644241 ; 36442401 ; 36443107 ; 477904 ; 477120 ; 477 78 ; 477124 ; 74335 ; 7433 / ; 74745 ; 74339 ; 12333924 ; 123493 ; 192 / ; 340456 ; 340462 ; 340441 ;
Abstract
A control system and method for a semi-automatic mechanical transmission system (10) is provided for allowing operator request for a direct downshift or upshift into a preselected start ratio, under certain predefined conditions. The preselected start ratio is that ratio actually utilized in the immediately preceding vehicle start from stop operation.