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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
May. 05, 2004
Ulrich Eckle, Donzforf, DE;
Thomas Volz, Boeblingen, DE;
Ulrich Eckle, Donzforf, DE;
Thomas Volz, Boeblingen, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
In a method for operating a motor vehicle in the event of a shift of a power divider actuated by external force, before the commencement of the shift of the power divider, a control device reduces the torque at the shifting members involved in the shift. The vehicle transmission is an automatic transmission, and the reduction is achieved a clutch in the automatic transmission is opened. After the conclusion of the shift, a torque is permitted again at said shifting members, and the clutch is closed again. The vehicle driver can consequently execute a shift in the power divider merely by triggering a shift requirement.