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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2014
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Scott D. Biggs, Milford, MI (US);
Ronald F. Lochocki, Jr., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Moussa Ndiaye, Canton, MI (US);
Patrick Alan Lewis, Howell, MI (US);
Jeffrey Nicholas Trush, Oxford, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a prime mover, transmission, and controller. The transmission, e.g., a DCT or 8-speed automatic transmission, includes an input member, an output member, gear sets, and a plurality of clutches. The controller monitors the transmission for a threshold tie-up condition via a method, which includes processing clutch control input signals and a gearbox status signal to identify the clutches involved in a present operating mode of the transmission, e.g., a shift, neutral, or fixed gear. The controller determines the torque capacity of each involved clutch, compares the determined clutch torque capacities to respective calibrated clutch torque capacities, and executes a control action in response to a threshold tie-up condition. The threshold tie-up condition is present when the determined clutch torque capacities exceed the calibrated clutch torque capacity for at least one of the involved clutches for longer than a calibrated duration.