Power train with automated transmission

US6213911A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• LuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Salecker · Bühl, DE
• Jochen Stinus · Inzlingen, DE
• Martin Zimmermann · Sasbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 10, 1997
• Grant date: Apr 10, 2001
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16H2059/746
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An electronic control unit for an automated transmission and/or an automated clutch in the power train of a motor vehicle is connected with one or more sensors denoting one or more activities by the operator of the vehicle. The control unit can become operative in response to a signal denoting the actuation of a brake and/or in response to a signal denoting that the ignition system of the vehicle has been operated to start the engine.