Method for protecting clutch of vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorYoung Min Yoon
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for protecting a vehicle clutch, including a check step for checking the mileage of a vehicle and the number of times a clutch wear compensation device is operated; after the check step, a calculation step for calculating a clutch thermal severity level, which indicates the degree of thermal severity of the clutch, based on the mileage and the number of times the wear compensation device is operated; and a control step for controlling at least one of the shifting pattern of the vehicle and engine RPM depending on the clutch thermal severity level, after the calculation step.
Claims13
A method for protecting a vehicle clutch, comprising:
- a check step in which a controller checks a mileage of a vehicle and a number of times a clutch wear compensation device is operated;
- after the check step, a calculation step in which the controller calculates a clutch thermal severity level, which indicates a degree of thermal severity of the clutch, based on the mileage and the number of times the wear compensation device is operated;
- and
- after the calculation step, a control step in which the controller controls at least one of a shifting pattern of the vehicle and revolution per minute (RPM) of engine depending on the clutch thermal severity level.
A method for protecting a clutch in a vehicle having an engine, a controller and a clutch wear compensation device, the method comprising:
- determining, by the controller, a mileage of the vehicle;
- determining, by the controller, a number of times the clutch wear compensation device has been operated;
- calculating, by the controller, a clutch thermal severity level that is indicative of a degree of thermal severity of the clutch, based on the mileage and the number of times the wear compensation device has been operated;
- and
- controlling, by the controller, at least one of a shifting pattern of the vehicle and revolution per minute (RPM) of the engine based on the calculated clutch thermal severity level.
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