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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2010
Francesco Marcigliano, Maranello, IT;
Alessandro Barone, Bologna, IT;
Davide Montosi, Formigine, IT;
Francesco Marcigliano, Maranello, IT;
Alessandro Barone, Bologna, IT;
Davide Montosi, Formigine, IT;
Ferrari S.p.A., , IT;
Abstract
A control method for controlling, during a gear shifting or during a drive-away, a vehicle provided with an automatic manual transmission, the control method including the steps of: determining, in a design phase, a transmissibility function of a clutch, which provides the torque which is transmitted by clutch according to the degree of opening of clutch itself, determining an engine model in a design phase, determining a target torque which must be transmitted by means of clutch during the gear shifting or during the drive-away, controlling clutch for pursuing target torque which must be transmitted by means of clutch by using the transmissibility function, determining a target engine torque of engine according to target torque which must be transmitted by means of clutch and controlling the engine to pursue a target engine torque by using a feedforward control based on the engine model.