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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 25, 2011
Applicants:

Matthew D. Whitton, Howell, MI (US);

Timothy R. Stockdale, Woverine Lake, MI (US);

Amanda P. Igel, Howell, MI (US);

Nathaniel E. Wilke, Waterford, MI (US);

Inventors:

Matthew D. Whitton, Howell, MI (US);

Timothy R. Stockdale, Woverine Lake, MI (US);

Amanda P. Igel, Howell, MI (US);

Nathaniel E. Wilke, Waterford, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 48/06 (2006.01); F16H 61/06 (2006.01); F16D 48/02 (2006.01); F16H 59/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/061 (2013.01); F16D 48/066 (2013.01); F16D 2048/0281 (2013.01); F16D 2500/1085 (2013.01); F16D 2500/30401 (2013.01); F16D 2500/30412 (2013.01); F16D 2500/30421 (2013.01); F16D 2500/30818 (2013.01); F16D 2500/30827 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3111 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3166 (2013.01); F16D 2500/7042 (2013.01); F16D 2500/7044 (2013.01); F16D 2500/70406 (2013.01); F16D 2500/70418 (2013.01); F16D 2500/70668 (2013.01); F16D 2500/7109 (2013.01); F16H 59/48 (2013.01); F16H 2061/064 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for a vehicle includes a desired pressure module, a valve actuation module, a filter module, and a capacity detection module. The desired pressure module selectively generates an increase in a desired pressure of hydraulic fluid for a clutch of an automatic transmission. The valve actuation module actuates a solenoid valve based on the desired pressure. The solenoid valve supplies hydraulic fluid to a regulator valve, and the regulator valve supplies hydraulic fluid to the clutch. The filter module filters an acceleration of a shaft of the automatic transmission to generate a filtered acceleration. The capacity detection module indicates whether the clutch reached torque carrying capacity based on the filtered acceleration.


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