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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Arjen Brandsma, Tilburg, NL;
Antonius Adrianus Helena Maria Van Dongen, Gilze, NL;
Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Van Wijk, Udenhout, NL;
Arjen Brandsma, Tilburg, NL;
Antonius Adrianus Helena Maria Van Dongen, Gilze, NL;
Wilhelmus Johannes Maria Van Wijk, Udenhout, NL;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention provides for a vehicle drive line provided with an engine () capable of generating an engine torque (Te), a continuously variable transmission (), a driven wheel () and two friction clutches (), a first clutch () being positioned in the drive line between the engine () and the transmission () and a second clutch () being positioned between the transmission () and the driven wheel (), wherein a torque (Tc-max) that is transmissible by the first clutch () and a torque (Tc-max) that is transmissible by the second clutch () are both less than a torque (Tt-max) transmissible by the transmission () and, at the same time, are both essentially equal to or slightly higher than the engine torque (Te).