Vehicle having an automatically actuated clutch

US6056095A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 1998
• Grant date: May 2, 2000
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H63/46
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In a vehicle in whose drive train a manually shifted transmission with automated clutch actuation is located, in order to suppress improper actuations of the clutch, an inhibition time is applied to the signal activating an intended shifting function.