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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Marcus Steen, Angered, SE;
Anders Eriksson, Göteborg, SE;
Erik Lauri, Mölndal, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volvo Lastvagnar AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/04 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and arrangement for providing a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and a drivetrain coupled to the internal combustion engine. A control unit is utilized for automatic gear selection, based on a function of the current rotational speed of an input shaft to the gearbox, and in which the control unit is designed to assume a first operating mode having a first working speed range with a first lower limit for downshifting to a gear with a higher transmission ratio.