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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:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ian Richard Bates, Huddersfield, GB;
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
477180 ; 477176 ; 477181 ; 1921 / ;
Abstract
A control for a vehicular automated clutch (14) drivingly interposed between a fuel-controlled engine (12) and a multiple-speed, change-gear transmission (16) providing enhanced low-speed maneuvering control is provided. Upon manual selection (40) of creep mode, an enhanced creep mode is activated, effective over a relatively large range (0% to 75%) of throttle pedal (32) displacement.