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US 2020/0318698 A1Published application
Virtual clutch temperature gauge
AssigneeEaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Bosscher, Charles Ganske
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Abstract
An apparatus (a controller), and systems and methods for management of inputs, determination of a calculated clutch temperature, and control of action related to the clutch of a transmission system, and notification improvements to a user associated therewith are disclosed.
Claims20
A system for clutch temperature generation and utilization, comprising:
- a rule set that receives as input at least a first set of operational inputs and that employs a set of rules for calculating a clutch temperature from the at least first set of operational inputs, and that provides for actions to be taken based on the calculated clutch temperature,
- a clutch calculator circuit that calculates the clutch temperature based at least in part on the first set and the rule set,
- a clutch control circuit that operates according to the calculated clutch temperature and that operates a clutch according to at least the rule set;
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- a display that provides a user of the system indicators of at least a calculated clutch temperature and indicators of temperatures for which the actions to be taken by the rule set are demarcated.
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An apparatus for providing a calculated clutch temperature, comprising:
- an input mechanism for receiving at least a first set of operational inputs,
- a rule set that comprises a set of rules to calculate a clutch temperature and a set of actions to be taken based on the calculated temperature,
- a calculator circuit that calculates the clutch temperature based on the rule set and the first set;
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- an output mechanism that outputs the calculated clutch temperature.
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A method of providing control of a clutch based at least in part on clutch temperature, the method comprising:
- providing a rule set for taking actions based on clutch temperature,
- displaying, on a display, indicators of at least the clutch temperature and indicators of temperatures for which the actions to be taken by the rule set;
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- operating a clutch based on the rule set according to the clutch temperature.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.