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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:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony Stasik, Coppull, GB;
John E Stainton, Chorley, GB;
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
477 78 ; 477 80 ;
Abstract
A control system and method for a vehicular semi-automatic mechanical transmission system (10) is provided for allowing operator request, immediately after bringing a vehicle to rest, for both a direct shift into a preselected start ratio and a direct shift into neutral, under certain predefined conditions, by a single movement of the shift selection lever (1).