Method and system for control of an automatic friction clutch arranged between an engine and a gearbox on a motor vehicle

US7835844B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Olaf Werner · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Roland Seebacher · Friesenheim, DE
• Klaus Kuepper · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
• Carsten Mohr · Bühl, DE
• Severine Gallou · Pont-l'Évêque, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 3, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2500/70663
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automatic friction clutch in a drive train of a motor vehicle is controlled to transfer a clutch torque that includes an engine torque-dependent component and a clutch slip-dependent component.