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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Fredrik Swartling, Södertälje, SE;
Mikael Wågberg, Södertälje, SE;
Fredrik Swartling, Södertälje, SE;
Mikael Wågberg, Södertälje, SE;
SCANIA CV AB, , SE;
Abstract
A method for control of a gearbox installed in a motor vehicle (), which method effects a downshift of the gearbox () from a first gear (G), for which the acceleration a of the vehicle () is negative, to a second gear (G), for which the acceleration a is positive or substantially equal to nil. The downshift involves at least one intermediate gear step between the first gear (G) and second gear (G), with a maximum engine speed at each intermediate gear step which is as high as, or higher than, a highest engine speed at a preceding intermediate gear step. Also, a system, a motor vehicle, a computer program and a computer program product for performing the method are disclosed.