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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2014
Applicant:
Allison Transmission, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventors:
Jared S. Shattuck, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Burton Vance Krehbiel, Fishers, IN (US);
Assignee:
Allison Transmission, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); F16H 59/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powertrain incorporating an automatic transmission and an electrical control unit for control thereof, the electrical control unit implementing a return-to-range feature that will return to the automatic transmission to a previously selected forward (and, in some embodiments, reverse) gear when the service brake is applied first and then the parking brake is released while the service brake remains applied. Other embodiments are also disclosed.