Patent ID: 11885254
Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 9:
10. A control unit for controlling a vehicle device configured to bring about the cooling of a vehicle drivetrain, the control unit comprising:
an interface for reading in a temperature which is in functional relationship with an operation of the vehicle drivetrain;
a computing system configured to determine a temperature gradient on the basis of the temperature read in, wherein the computing system is configured to check whether the temperature gradient exceeds a threshold value for the temperature gradient; and
an interface for emitting a signal for the control of the vehicle device as a function of a check result of checking whether the temperature gradient exceeds the threshold value, in order to bring about the cooling of the vehicle drivetrain by one or more of limiting drivetrain torque and limiting a drivetrain rotation speed.