Patent ID: 11913505
Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. A method for controlling a clutch in a heavy vehicle comprising an internal combustion engine and an automated mechanical transmission, where the engine is running, the clutch is engaged and the transmission is in neutral, comprising the following steps:
upon receiving a request to shut down the engine,
disengaging the clutch of the transmission,
shutting down the engine,
monitoring a rotational speed of the engine,
monitoring a rotational speed of transmission input shaft,
if a stop time of the transmission input shaft exceeds a predefined time interval, then actively slowing down the transmission input shaft until the rotational speed of the transmission input shaft is zero, and
reengaging the clutch completely when the rotational speed of the engine and the rotational speed of the transmission input shaft is zero.