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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:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1997
James M Walker, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A partially automated transmission system (100) and method for controlling same is provided. The system includes a manually shifted transmission (10), preferably a compound transmission having a splitter and/or range auxiliary section (14) and a manually shifted main section (12). The main section is shifted by a manual shift lever (57). In a preferred embodiment, the auxiliary section is controlled by an auxiliary section actuator (116) under control from a system ECU (146). A sensor (56) is provided for sensing the position of the shift lever and for providing a signal indicative thereof. A control parameter having a value indicative of the rate of change of shift lever position (d/dt (lever position)) is determined and used as a system control parameter.
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