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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2000
Robin John Warren, Leamington Spa, GB;
Charles John Jones, Coventry, GB;
LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau GmbH, Buhl/Baden, DE;
Abstract
A vehicle transmission system has a main drive clutch ( ) with a clutch-actuator ( ), a transmission ( ) with a gear-engaging mechanism ( ), a driver-operable gear-selector lever ( ), and an electronic control means ( ) to control the clutch-actuator ( ) and the gear-engaging mechanism ( ). When the vehicle is started up from a standstill condition, the control means disengages the clutch and automatically shifts the transmission into a predetermined start-up gear. According to the invention, the electronic control means ( ) is designed to allow the driver to operate the gear-selector lever ( ) to select a higher start-up gear than the predetermined start-up gear that is selected automatically by the electronic control means.