Method and apparatus for operating an automated change-speed gearbox
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsThomas Grass, Klaus Neft, Anton Rink, Joachim Schaefer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for operating an automated change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle. The control device of the change-speed gearbox communicates via signals with a control unit of an anti-block control system. To allow particularly comforatable operation of the change-speed gearbox, the invention envisages that, as a function of signals from the control unit of the anti-lock control system, the change-speed gearbox is set to a neutral position, an appropriate gear ratio is determined and this gear ratio is engaged.
Claims12
Method for operating an automated change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle using a control device, which communicates via signals with a control unit of an anti-lock control system, the method comprising:
- setting the change-speed gearbox to a neutral position as a function of signals from the control unit of the anti-lock control system,
- determining an appropriate gear ratio, and
- engaging the determined gear ratio.
Apparatus for operating an automated change-speed gearbox of a motor vehicle having a control unit for an anti-lock control system, the apparatus comprising:
- a control device which communicates via signals with the control unit of the anti-lock control system, wherein, as a function of signals from the control unit of the anti-lock control system, the change-speed gearbox is set to a neutral position, an appropriate gear ratio is determined, and this gear ratio is engaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.