Vehicle having an automatically actuated clutch

US6029784A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimler-Benz AG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Grass · Neukirchen, DE
• Bernd Koch · Berlin, DE
• Franz Kosik · Esslingen am Neckar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 1998
• Grant date: Feb 29, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2500/7042
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a vehicle having an automatically actuatable clutch arranged in the drive train between engine and transmission, the clutch is released or maintained released in the event of a brief interruption in the power supply to the clutch control device while activation of the clutch control device still exists.