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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. 08, 1998
Filed:
May. 31, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Young-Jun Park, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192-331 ; 7447319 ; 192-362 ; 192 / ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling a damper clutch for an automatic transmission of a vehicle are disclosed. The apparatus includes a shift lever for shifting a transmission gear of the vehicle, a handle for moving the shift lever, a damper switch disposed on the handle for manually selecting an operation of the damper clutch, and a control unit for controlling the damper clutch according to the damper switch and predetermined conditions.