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Method for controlling a separating clutch

US11084474B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Voith Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Werner Adams · Crailsheim, DE
Achim Menne · Crailsheim, DE
Philipp Müller · Nidau, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16D2500/3124
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for controlling a separating clutch in a power train of a vehicle having a drive motor and a retarder. The clutch is arranged such that a rotor of the retarder is switched into a drive connection with the motor and/or power train via the clutch and a working chamber of the retarder can be filled with an operating medium to build up a braking power such that braking torque is exerted by the retarder onto the power train and/or motor. A control system switches the clutch into a closed or an open position. The switching of the clutch into the closed position occurs depending on an input signal to the controller, and the clutch is switched back into the open position depending on essentially no medium being present in the working chamber of the retarder and that predetermined limits of an operating and/or environmental parameter are not exceeded.

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