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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Mirko V. Barbir, Naperville, IL (US);
Stacy Linn Grove, Washington, IL (US);
Yun Liu, Peoria, IL (US);
Gerry Owen Mccann, Dunlap, IL (US);
John Dewey Gates, Oswego, IL (US);
Mirko V. Barbir, Naperville, IL (US);
Stacy Linn Grove, Washington, IL (US);
Yun Liu, Peoria, IL (US);
Gerry Owen McCann, Dunlap, IL (US);
John Dewey Gates, Oswego, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A mobile machine includes a propulsion system. The propulsion system may include a prime mover, a traction device, and a clutch operable to transmit power produced by the prime mover to the traction device. The propulsion system may also include propulsion-system controls operable to control the clutch. The propulsion-system controls may include at least one information processor configured to estimate a temperature of the clutch based at least in part on an estimated slippage of the clutch and a fluid temperature.