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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Bjoern Stehle, Buehl, DE;
Klaus Henneberger, Buehl, DE;
Inventors:
Bjoern Stehle, Buehl, DE;
Klaus Henneberger, Buehl, DE;
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for the protection of an automatically actuated clutch of a vehicle from overload, comprising the steps of determining a driving situation of the vehicle, continuously determining the energy input in the clutch, and, preventing or reducing an overload state via targeted intervention in vehicle management as a function of the determined driving situation and the input energy.