Clutch control for providing an indication to a driver
AssigneeJaguar Land Rover Limited
InventorsPhilip GABELA, Florin AFTANASA, Joseph WALSH
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Abstract
An illustrative example embodiment of a system for providing an indication to a driver includes a clutch that is at least partially automatically controllable and clutch control means configured to control the clutch in a manner that results in a haptic indication to a driver based on at least one predefined condition. In an example embodiment, the clutch control includes automatically adjusting an amount of clutch engagement to provide the haptic indication.
Claims17
1-17. (canceled)
A system for providing an indication to a driver, comprising:
- a clutch that is at least partially automatically controllable;
- and
- clutch control means configured to:
- determine a need to shift a gear of an associated transmission;
- and
- control the clutch in a manner that results in a haptic indication to the driver based on at least the determined need to shift a gear of the associated transmission.
A method of providing an indication to a driver, comprising:
- determining a need to shift a gear of an associated transmission;
- and
- automatically controlling an at least partially automatically controllable clutch in a manner that results in a haptic indication to the driver based on at least the determined need to shift a gear of the associated transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.