Automatic clutch

US6093132A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2500/3115
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns an automatic clutch in the drive train of a motor vehicle having a transmission with manual or voluntary selection of the different gears. After a gear-change, the engagement of the clutch is controlled as a function of the shift speed during the gear-change, such that, at high shift speeds, only a shortened clutch slip phase can occur.