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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Armin Gierling, Langenargen, DE;
Hans-Dieter Hengstler, Ravensburg, DE;
Helmut Hofstätter, Meckenbeuren, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Batavia L.L.C., Batavia, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 5/964 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 5/964 ;
Abstract
In an automatic transmission for a motor vehicle which is controlled by an electronic transmission control device which continuously exchanges signals with a digital engine electronic system of an internal combustion engine, to reduce the thermal load on the automatic transmission in emergency operating mode, a transmission-independent program module (M ) of the digital engine electronics system presets an admissible maximum engine torque for the emergency operating mode (M_mot_max_not).