Shift rail transmission position sensing
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorsKerfegar K. Katrak, Naresh K. Kodela, Richard E. Zuppann, Christopher Pollack, John Manyala, Todd W. Fritz, Ken R. Anderson, Ian D. McKenzie
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Abstract
Receiving sensor data related to position of a gear in a transmission, the sensor data including data from a first sensor and data from a second sensor; determining a first indicated position of the gear from the data from the first sensor; determining a second indicated position of the gear from the data from the second sensor; comparing the first indicated position to the second indicated position; and determining based on the comparison a gear engagement status of the gear.
Claims23
A method, comprising:
- receiving sensor data related to position of a gear in a transmission, the sensor data including data from a first sensor and data from a second sensor;
- determining a first indicated position of the gear from the data from the first sensor;
- determining a second indicated position of the gear from the data from the second sensor;
- comparing, in a computing device, the first indicated position to the second indicated position;
- determining based on the comparison a gear engagement status of the gear.
A computer readable medium, having instructions tangibly embodied thereon, the instructions executable by a processor, the instructions comprising instructions for:
- receiving sensor data related to position of a gear in a transmission, the sensor data including data from a first sensor and data from a second sensor;
- determining a first indicated position of the gear from the data from the first sensor;
- determining a second indicated position of the gear from the data from the second sensor;
- comparing the first indicated position to the second indicated position;
- determining based on the comparison a gear engagement status of the gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.