IP Library Granted Patent US 8,831,847
Granted Patent B2
US 8,831,847 · App. 10/487,498 · Granted Sep 9, 2014

Regulated drivetrain for damping out vibrations

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Patent No.
US 8,831,847
App. No.
10/487,498
Granted
Sep 9, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a drivetrain having an automatic clutch.

Claims (2)

1. A drivetrain comprising a drive unit, a transmission having at least one transmission input shaft and at least one transmission output shaft in operative connection with at least one driving wheel, there being provided between the at least one transmission input shaft and a drive shaft of the drive unit an automatically actuated friction clutch whose engagement and disengagement operations are controlled via a control device at least as a function of signals of a sensor device that detects a speed of the transmission input shaft and a speed of the at least one drive wheel, vibrations occurring in a torque transmission via frictional surfaces of the friction clutch being damped, wherein a variable VS, formed from the speed n(R) of a transmission output section and the speed n(G) of the transmission input shaft, functions as a control parameter for controlling the engagement and disengagement operations to dampen the vibrations occurring in the friction clutch, wherein a damping of the vibrations is performed if an average amplitude of the vibrations has a predetermined limit value.

2. A drivetrain comprising a drive unit, an automatic transmission having at least one transmission input shaft and at least one transmission output shaft in operative connection with at least one driving wheel, there being provided between the at least one transmission input shaft and a drive shaft of the drive unit an automatically actuated friction clutch whose engagement and disengagement operations are controlled via a control device at least as a function of signals of a sensor device that detects a speed of the transmission input shaft and a speed of the at least one drive wheel, vibrations occurring in a torque transmission via frictional surfaces of the friction clutch being damped, wherein a variable VS, formed from the speed n(R) of a transmission output section and the speed n(G) of the transmission input shaft, functions as a control parameter for controlling the engagement and disengagement operations to dampen the vibrations occurring in the friction clutch.

Assignments (5)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 25, 2012
From: LUK LAMELLEN UND KUPPLUNGSBAU BETEILIGUNGS KG
To: LUK VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Reel/Frame 028106/0668 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2012
From: LUK VERMOEGENSVERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 028106/0935 →