Patent ID: 11885411
Assignee: ALLISON TRANSMISSION, INC.
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a transmission of a vehicle, the method comprising:
receiving, by a controller of a control system of the vehicle, input provided by at least one input device of the control system that is indicative of an operational characteristic of the transmission and/or the vehicle associated therewith;
boosting, by the controller in a boost mode of operation of the transmission, one or more fluid pressures applied to at least one clutch of the vehicle from one or more baseline values to one or more boosted values based at least partially on the input from the at least one input device and in response to a determination that a calculated grade of a surface on which the vehicle is positioned exceeds a grade threshold; and
discontinuing, by the controller, operation of the transmission in the boost mode of operation in response to a determination that the calculated grade of the surface is at or below the grade threshold.