Clutch run-in by slip control

US8594899B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Loyal George MacMillian · Karlsruhe, DE
• Ekkehard Reibold · Lahr (Eifel), DE
• Georg Goppert · Hausach, DE
• George Herr · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 8, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 8, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16D2500/5118
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a clutch includes operating the clutch with increased slip during a green phase and operating the clutch with normal slip during a post-green phase. In some example embodiments, increased slip consists of slip speeds greater than 40 revolutions per minute. In an example embodiment, increased slip consists of a slip speed of approximately 50 revolutions per minute.