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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corp., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Young Min Yoon, Suwon-si, KR;
Jin Sung Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyung Hee Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung Hyun Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Ho Sung Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corp., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/688 (2006.01); F16H 59/68 (2006.01); F16H 59/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/0213 (2013.01); F16H 61/688 (2013.01); F16H 59/68 (2013.01); F16H 2059/725 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0241 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for protecting a clutch for a Dual Clutch Transmission may include an input step of receiving an input of a temperature of a clutch, and a gear shift pattern changing step of changing a preset gear shift pattern and operating to perform gear shift in a vehicle speed region that secedes from a vehicle speed of the preset gear shift pattern when the temperature of the clutch is equal to or higher than a first reference temperature.