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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2011
Nobuyuki Iwao, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasushi Yamamoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Kouhei Takama, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuyuki Iwao, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasushi Yamamoto, Fujisawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Kouhei Takama, Yokohama, JP;
Isuzu Motors Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Transtron Inc., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
A coasting control device that prevents failures due to deterioration of a release bearing. The device includes an cumulative disengagement time measuring unit cumulatively measuring a duration of time that a clutch is being disengaged during coasting control, and an overtime restricting unit prohibiting coasting control when the measured cumulative clutch disengagement time has exceeded a predetermined time giving an indication of fatigue of a member of the clutch, and/or an overtime alarm unit providing an alarm when the measured cumulative clutch disengagement time has exceeded a predetermined time giving an indication of fatigue of the member of the clutch.