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US 11,953,090 B1Granted
Shift control device and a method of controlling an axle assembly
AssigneeArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
InventorThomas Lee
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Abstract
A shift control device and method of controlling an axle assembly of a vehicle. The method includes electrically connecting a shift control device to the vehicle and commanding, with the shift control device, an actuator to move a coupling of the axle assembly to a neutral position, thereby disconnecting an electric motor from a wheel hub.
Claims20
A method of controlling an axle assembly of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- electrically connecting a shift control device to the vehicle, wherein the shift control device is external to the vehicle;
- and
- commanding, with the shift control device, an actuator to move a coupling of the axle assembly to a neutral position, thereby disconnecting an electric motor from a wheel hub of the axle assembly that is configured to support a wheel, wherein the shift control device is electrically connected to a device power supply that is external to the vehicle and electrical energy is provided from the device power supply to the actuator when commanding the actuator to move the coupling.
A method of controlling an axle assembly of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- electrically connecting a shift control device to the vehicle, wherein the shift control device is external to the vehicle;
- and
- commanding, with the shift control device, an actuator to move a coupling of the axle assembly to a neutral position, thereby disconnecting an electric motor from a wheel hub of the axle assembly that is configured to support a wheel, wherein the axle assembly has a lubricant pump and the method further comprises operating the lubricant pump when the shift control device is electrically connected to the actuator and the lubricant pump is electrically connected to a device power supply that is external to the vehicle.
A method of controlling an axle assembly of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- electrically connecting a shift control device to the vehicle, wherein the shift control device is external to the vehicle;
- and
- commanding, with the shift control device, an actuator to move a coupling of the axle assembly to a neutral position, thereby disconnecting an electric motor from a wheel hub of the axle assembly that is configured to support a wheel, wherein the axle assembly has a lubricant pump, the lubricant pump is electrically connected to a device power supply that is external to the vehicle, and the method further comprises operating the lubricant pump when the coupling is in the neutral position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.