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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Ian Duncan Kennedy, Whitnash, GB;
Inventor:
Ian Duncan Kennedy, Whitnash, GB;
Assignee:
Luk Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG, Buehl, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/60 (2006.01); F16H 59/00 (2006.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01); F16H 63/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention broadly comprises a method for the control of a gear engagement mechanism of an automated multiple-ratio transmission having at least one drive shaft and at least one output shaft, including assigning a synchronizer to at least one gear step, applying a load to the synchronizer in order to engage or disengage a gear step of the transmission, and varying the load that is applied to the synchronizer as a function of the service life of the transmission system.