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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:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Luk Getriebe-Systeme GmbH, Buhl/Baden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 53 ; 701 68 ; 701 54 ; 701 67 ; 477154 ;
Abstract
Torque which is being transmitted by a clutch in the power train of a motor vehicle is regulated in response to processed signals from a control unit which receives signals denoting the driver's desire concerning the acceleration of the vehicle as well as numerous other variables including the position of the gas pedal, the RPM of the engine, the input and/or the output RPM of the transmission and others. The regulation is planned in such a way that the vehicle undergoes a higher than standard acceleration at the desired rate and that the thermal stressing of the clutch is minimized.