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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. 23, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jon A. Steeby, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/128 ; F16D 4/810 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/128 ; F16D 4/810 ;
Abstract
A method/system for controlling an automated mechanical transmission system ( ) utilized on a vehicle. To protect from driveline damage due to improper clutch engagement during vehicle launch conditions, the master friction clutch ( ) is partially engaged to determine a direction of rotation of the input shaft ( ) from the non-directional signal (IS) received from a non-directional speed sensor ( ).