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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2011
Applicants:

Shivkumar Duraiswamy, Portland, OR (US);

Ferdinand Waizenegger, Stuttgart, DE;

Uwe Mueller, Stuttgart, DE;

George Myers, Vancouver, WA (US);

Daniel Nullmeier, Waiblingen, DE;

Inventors:

Shivkumar Duraiswamy, Portland, OR (US);

Ferdinand Waizenegger, Stuttgart, DE;

Uwe Mueller, Stuttgart, DE;

George Myers, Vancouver, WA (US);

Daniel Nullmeier, Waiblingen, DE;

Assignee:

Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 43/284 (2006.01); B60K 17/36 (2006.01); B60K 23/08 (2006.01); F16D 48/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 43/284 (2013.01); B60K 17/36 (2013.01); B60K 23/08 (2013.01); F16D 48/0206 (2013.01); B60K 17/02 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/14 (2013.01); F16D 2048/0278 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3056 (2013.01); F16D 2500/31 (2013.01); F16D 2500/31426 (2013.01); F16D 2500/31433 (2013.01); F16D 2500/7041 (2013.01); F16D 2500/70406 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drive train control arrangement for a motor vehicle drive train includes a main drive train, a first drive axle permanently driven by the main drive train, an auxiliary drive train and a second drive axle coupleable to the main drive train via the auxiliary drive train, which has a first clutch unit and a second clutch unit connected downstream in the power train of the first clutch unit for connecting the second drive axle to the main drive train, and a control unit, which in at least one operating mode that closes the at least one second clutch unit of the auxiliary drive train to shift into a standby operating mode when a defined operating condition is present, and with the standby operating mode activated, closes the first clutch unit of the auxiliary drive train to connect the coupleable second drive axle depending on at least one parameter.


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