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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 1998

Filed:

Nov. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Thomas Wagner, Merseburg, DE;

Michael Ulm, Alteglofsheim, DE;

Friedrich Graf, Regensburg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 54 ; 701 57 ; 477109 ;
Abstract

A control device for an automatic motor vehicle transmission reduces engine torque during a shifting operation, in particular a shifting operation in a traction mode, in order to increase smoothness of shifting. The engine torque reduction is begun at the earliest upon reaching a free-wheel point of the transmission and is ended shortly before a synchronizing point of the transmission is reached. The free-wheel point and the synchronizing point of the transmission are ascertained from rpm differences in the gearshift elements involved in the particular switching operation. Differential rpm thresholds used in the process and the intensity of the torque reduction are ascertained with fuzzy systems.


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