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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:
Mar. 20, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Bernd Dietzel, Syrgenstein, DE;
Inventor:
Bernd Dietzel, Syrgenstein, DE;
Assignee:
Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG, Heidenheim, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The aim of the invention is to regulate the braking torque in a drive train comprising an internal combustion engine () and a gearbox unit () which can be coupled to the same, using a regulatable clutch (). To this end, the power introduced by the wheels into the drive train of the vehicle is transmitted via the regulatable clutch (), in the overrun condition. The torque which can be transferred via the regulatable hydrodynamic clutch is controlled or regulated in such a way that the drive motor connected to the gearbox unit is operated at a rotational speed nwhich is equal to or larger than the idling rotational speed n.