Automatic clutch with very slow speed
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsFranz Kosik, Thomas Grass
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Abstract
Disclosed is an automatic clutch intended for use in an engine-transmission unit of a vehicle. When starting up, the clutch transmits first a high torque for a very slow speed, which is then reduced after a set lapse of time if a threshold value is exceeded.
Claims17
An automatic control of a clutch in the drive train of a motor vehicle comprising a transmission shifted by a driver between different transmission stages or gears and an engine controlled by the driver by a control element, the clutch being automatically set by a motorized adjusting unit, actuated by the control, to a creeping torque at low travelling speed or when the vehicle is stationary and the transmission stage has been selected, a brake is unactuated and the control element is not actuated,
- wherein a high creeping torque is initially set, at low travelling speed or when the vehicle is stationary, the drive position has been selected, the brake is unactuated and the control element is not actuated, the high creeping torque being automatically reduced after a predetermined time period when the brake continues to be unactuated and the control element is not actuated.
An automatic control of a clutch in the drive train of a motor vehicle comprising a transmission shifted by a driver between different transmission stages or gears and an engine controlled by the driver by a control element, the clutch being automatically set by a motorized adjusting unit, actuated by the control, to a creeping torque at low travelling speed or when the vehicle is stationary and the transmission stage has been selected, a brake is unactuated and the control element is not actuated,
- wherein a relatively high creeping torque, envisaged for a normal starting situation and allowing the vehicle to start reliably and comparatively rapidly, is initially set, at low travelling speed or when the vehicle is stationary, the drive position has been selected, the brake is unactuated and the control element is not actuated, and, after a predetermined time period, when the brake continues to be unactuated and the control element is not actuated, is automatically reduced, with a corresponding reduction in a creeping tendency of the vehicle.
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