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AssigneeLuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH
InventorsMichael Salecker, Wolfgang Eismann
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The operation of a clutch in the power train of a motor vehicle is regulated by an electronic control unit which receives signals from sensors and effects an engagement or partial or full disengagement of the clutch by way of an actuator. One of the sensors can monitor one or more parameters of a gear ratio selecting device for the change-speed transmission in the power train, and another sensor can monitor one or more parameters of an adjusting device which shifts the transmission into a selected gear. The control unit processes the incoming signals to ascertain the selected gear of the transmission and/or the driver's intent to shift the transmission into a particular gear, and operates the actuator for the clutch accordingly.
Apparatus for use in a motor vehicle, comprising a transmission having a plurality of transmission gears, actuating means for the selection of a transmission gear and an automated torque transmission system disposed in a torque transmission path and being operated by a control unit and an adjusting element, actuating means for the torque transmission system movably mounted and coupled by at least one connecting means with a transmission adjusting means, and at least one sensor disposed in the region of a bearing for said actuating means and operatively connected with one of (a) said actuating means and (b) said bearing, said at least one sensor being arranged to detect a reaction force which is a function of an actuating force being applied to said actuating means.
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