Method of controlling vehicle damper pulley clutch
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsDae Kwang Kim, Hyo Seong Wi, Keun Sang Kim, Jun Seong Kim
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Abstract
A method of controlling a damper pulley clutch for selectively transmitting power of an engine to engine accessories, may include determining, by a controller, whether a vehicle is driven in a fuel-cut mode under deceleration of the vehicle and controlling the damper pulley clutch, by the controller, to be engaged upon determining that the vehicle is driven in the fuel-cut mode and to be disengaged upon determining that the vehicle is not driven in the fuel-cut mode.
Claims7
A method of controlling a damper pulley clutch for selectively transmitting power of an engine to engine accessories, the method comprising:
- determining, by a controller, whether a vehicle is driven in a fuel-cut mode under deceleration of the vehicle;
- controlling the damper pulley clutch, by the controller, to be engaged upon determining that the vehicle is driven in the fuel-cut mode and to be disengaged upon determining that the vehicle is not driven in the fuel-cut mode;
- determining whether a circuit to operate the damper pulley clutch has failed;
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- engaging the damper pulley clutch upon determining that the circuit has failed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.