Emergency facilities for influencing defective constituents of power trains in motor vehicles
AssigneeLuK Getriebe-Systeme GmbH
InventorsGerd Ahnert, Andreas Deimel, Andreas Rogg, Reinhard Berger
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Abstract
A motor vehicle power train with an engine, a transmission and a clutch includes a means to operate the transmission and/or clutch automatically through at least one electric actuator motor. The electric actuator motor, which acts on an input element of the transmission and/or clutch, comprises a brushless direct current motor.
Claims8
A motor vehicle power train comprising a prime mover, a transmission system shiftable into a plurality of gears, a clutch having engaged and disengaged conditions, means for automatically operating the clutch and the transmission, comprising a signal receiving and transmitting control unit, means for transmitting signals to the control unit, clutch-actuating means driven by at least one first electric motor and operating between the control unit and at least one clutch-input element, transmission-actuating means driven by at least one second electric motor and operating between the control unit and at least one transmission-input element, said control unit including means for generating on the basis of received signals at least one defect signal denoting a malfunctioning of at least one of the at least one first electric motor and the at least one second electric motor, wherein one of said at least one first and second electric motors comprises a brushless direct current motor.
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