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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:
Jan. 25, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
S Terry Ailes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Alan R Davis, Plainwell, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
477124 ; 74339 ;
Abstract
An improved control system/method for controlling input shaft retarding device (28/32) assisted upshifting in an at least partially automated vehicular mechanical transmission system (10). The input shaft (18) deceleration (dIS/dt) during an upshift is varied as a function of sensed gear ratio and/or throttle pedal position (THL).