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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark D. Boardman, Portage, MI (US);
Karen L. Marx, Clawson, MI (US);
Assignee:
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/118 ;
Abstract
A method/system for controlling an automated mechanical transmission system ( ) utilized on a vehicle and having a manually operated master friction clutch operator (48). To protect from driveline damage due to dynamic clutch “popping,” upon sensing dynamic vehicle conditions (OS >REF ) and clutch ( ) not engaged, transmission ( ) engaged and THL>REF , a controller ( ) causes engine speed (ES) to be limited to a target value (ES ) substantially equal to input shaft speed (IS).