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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2001
Gabriele Serra, S. Lazzaro di Savena, IT;
Antonino Aronica, Turin, IT;
Francesco Cimmino, Turin, IT;
Abstract
A method of updating the transmissibility function of a clutch during the final stage of a gear change, in which the clutch is closed to cause the angular speed of the drive shaft to equal the angular speed of the primary shaft of the gear change, the engine is set to supply a constant torque, the clutch is disposed in a predetermined position in order to transmit a constant torque greater than the torque supplied by the engine and the actual value of the torque transmitted by the clutch is calculated by subtracting the product of the moment of inertia of the engine and the angular acceleration of the drive shaft from the torque generated by the engine, the actual value of the torque transmitted by the clutch then being used to update the transmissibility function of the clutch.