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Method for controlling the shifting comfort in motor vehicles having an automatic transmission

US5462499A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 10, 1993
Grant dateOct 31, 1995
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S477/904
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to a method for controlling the gear-shifting comfort in motor vehicles having automatic transmissions. The method provides for pressure controllers for controlling clutches affecting the gear-shifting operations of the transmission. The preset values for the torque and/or the torque curves of the clutches are stored in dependence upon the particular gear-shifting operations and the transmission rpms in a characteristic field. The actual acceleration of the motor vehicle is detected with the aid of an acceleration sensor and a very low desired acceleration is used as a guide quantity for the torque control at the clutches. The preset values for the clutches corrected by this control are stored in the characteristic field.

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