Method for upshifting of a parallel shaft gear

1. A method for upshifting a parallel shift transmission having two input shafts ( 18 , 20 ), each of which is coupleable via a clutch (K 1 , K 2 ) to a drive shaft ( 12 ) of a driving engine, and an output shaft ( 22 ), which may be brought into rotationally fixed engagement with the input shafts via different transmission gear sets, and at least one electric machine ( 32 ) that is rotationally fixedly joined to an input shaft for output of a boost torque, which boosts the driving torque of the driving engine, in which method the boost torque produced by the at least one electric machine ( 32 ) during a phase in which the speed of the driving engine ( 14 ) drops when shifting from an old gear into a new, higher gear is at least approximately replaced by torque produced by the driving engine as a result of the drop in speed, said method comprising the following steps:

a) lowering the torque transmitted by the clutch assigned to the old gear from a starting value to approximately zero;

b) essentially simultaneously increasing of the torque transmitted by the clutch assigned to the new, next-higher gear from zero to approximately the starting value;

c) maintaining the boost torque that is output by the electric machine before the beginning of step a) during steps a) and b);

d) increasing of the torque transmitted by the clutch assigned to the new, next higher gear beyond the starting value;

e) essentially simultaneously lowering the boost torque to approximately zero;

f) lowering of the torque transmitted by the clutch assigned to the new, next higher gear to approximately the starting value; and,

g) essentially simultaneously increasing of the boost torque to approximately its starting value.

2. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the gear that is two gears higher is shifted between steps e) and f) between the input shaft assigned to the old gear and the output shaft.

3. The method as described in claim 2 , wherein steps f) and g) begin after selection of the gear that is two gears higher.

4. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein the clutch is operated in step d) in a slipping mode.

5. The method as described in claim 4 , wherein the clutch in step d) and the electric machine in step e) are operated in such a manner that the sum of the drive torque produced as a result of dropping the speed of the driving engine and the boost torque of the electric machine at that time is roughly constant.

6. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein, for synchronization of a transmission input speed to the transmission output speed while shifting a gear, synchronization devices are provided that are assisted by the electric machine during the synchronization process in that the electric machine applies a torque that facilitates the adjustment of the two speeds.

7. The method as described in claim 1 , wherein, for synchronization of a transmission input speed with the transmission output speed while shifting a gear, the electric machine applies a torque for the adjustment of the two speeds.