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US 11,584,461 B2Granted
System and method for reporting on vehicle characteristics determined by transmission control circuit
AssigneeAllison Transmission, Inc.
InventorsBrent Maurer, Gijsbert van Gelder, John A. Byerly
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Abstract
Systems and methods for reporting on vehicle characteristics determined by the control system of a multi-speed automatic transmission of a vehicle are provided. The control system may output a vehicle mass alert based on a relationship between a vehicle mass threshold and a determined vehicle mass satisfying a condition. The control system may output a vehicle road grade alert based on a relationship between a vehicle road grade threshold and a determined vehicle road grade satisfying a condition.
Claims29
A motive system for a vehicle comprising:
- a multi-speed automatic transmission including an input member and an output member operatively coupled to the input member, the multi-speed automatic transmission being configurable in a plurality of forward speed ratios between the input member and the output member;
- a transmission control circuit operatively coupled to the multi-speed automatic transmission, the transmission control circuit configures the multi-speed automatic transmission to establish each of the plurality of forward speed ratios;
- a communication input device configured and programmed to receive a vehicle mass threshold from a user;
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- a memory electrically coupled to the transmission control circuit and having stored thereon the vehicle mass threshold, wherein the transmission control circuit determines a vehicle mass of the vehicle, determines a relationship of the determined vehicle mass and the vehicle mass threshold, and outputs a vehicle mass operator alert when the relationship of the determined vehicle mass and the vehicle mass threshold satisfies a condition, the vehicle mass operator alert configured to generate an operator notification indicative of excess weight of the vehicle.
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A method for providing a vehicle mass alert condition, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a vehicle mass threshold on a memory electrically coupled to a transmission control circuit of a multi-speed automatic transmission, the step of storing accomplished using a user-operated communication device;
- determining a vehicle mass of a vehicle including the transmission control circuit of the multi-speed automatic transmission and the multi-speed automatic transmission;
- determining a relationship of the determined vehicle mass of the vehicle and the vehicle mass threshold;
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- outputting a vehicle mass operator alert when the relationship of the determined vehicle mass of the vehicle and the vehicle mass threshold satisfies a condition, the vehicle mass operator alert configured to generate an operator notification indicative of excess weight of the vehicle.
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A motive system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a multi-speed automatic transmission including an input member and an output member operatively coupled to the input member, the multi-speed automatic transmission being configurable in a plurality of forward speed ratios between the input member and the output member;
- a transmission control circuit operatively coupled to the multi-speed automatic transmission, the transmission control circuit configures the multi-speed automatic transmission to establish each of the plurality of forward speed ratios;
- a communication input device configured and programmed to receive a vehicle road grade threshold from a user;
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- a memory electrically coupled to the transmission control circuit and having stored thereon the vehicle road grade threshold, wherein the transmission control circuit determines a vehicle road grade of the vehicle, determines a relationship of the determined vehicle road grade of the vehicle and the vehicle road grade threshold, and outputs a vehicle road grade operator alert when the relationship of the determined vehicle road grade and the vehicle road grade threshold satisfies a condition, the vehicle road grade operator alert configured to generate an operator notification indicative of excess road grade for the vehicle.
- generate an operator notification indicative of excess road grade for the vehicle.
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A method for providing a vehicle road grade alert condition, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing a vehicle road grade threshold on a memory electrically coupled to a transmission control circuit of a multi-speed automatic transmission, the step of storing accomplished using a user-operated communication device;
- determining a vehicle road grade of a vehicle including the transmission control circuit of the multi-speed automatic transmission and the multi-speed automatic transmission;
- determining a relationship of the determined vehicle road grade and the vehicle road grade threshold;
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- outputting a vehicle road grade operator alert when the relationship of the determined vehicle road grade and the vehicle road grade threshold satisfies a condition, the vehicle road grade operator alert configured to generate an operator notification indicative of excess road grade for the vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.