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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventor:
Georg Goppert, Hausach, DE;
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); F16D 48/08 (2006.01); F16D 48/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 48/08 (2013.01); F16D 48/06 (2013.01); F16D 2500/1045 (2013.01); F16D 2500/10412 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3104 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3166 (2013.01); F16D 2500/50245 (2013.01); F16D 2500/50257 (2013.01); F16D 2500/70414 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a motor vehicle, a friction clutch is disposed between a drive unit and a transmission. The value of the contact point of the clutch is adapted at predetermined points in time. A method for controlling the friction clutch includes the steps of determining a value of the contact point of the friction clutch, this value having been modified as a result of an adaptation thereof, and of continuously reducing the value of the contact point at a predetermined ramp rate, without letting this value drop below a predefined contact point reduction value.