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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:
Sep. 09, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Maurice B Leising, Clawson, MI (US);
Hans Dourra, Dearborn, MI (US);
Howard L Benford, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Chrysler Corporation, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
477 61 ; 477 65 ; 477176 ;
Abstract
A method of determining the deterioration of automatic transmission fluid by detecting shudder during the EMCC portion of air conditioner clutch engagement. Shudder is detected by calculating the acceleration of the turbine during EMCC slip with the following equation: