Patent · US Expired

Device for inclination determination and arrangement for the setting of a driver command

US7092807B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10References

13Claims

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Assignee

Voith Turbo GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Richard Bürk · Reichenau, DE
Bernd Dietzel · Syrgenstein, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 15, 2001
Grant date	Aug 15, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 15, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16H2059/663
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for the determination of the inclination of the roadway in a vehicle, with an arrangement (4), for at least the indirect determination of parameters, which at least indirectly characterize the inclination of the roadway. Said arrangement (4), for the at least indirect determination of parameters which at least indirectly characterize the inclination of the roadway, forms a construction unit (5) with a device (1) which may be operated by the driver for setting a driver command which alters or sets the driving state of a gearbox unit.

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