Patent ID: 9267574
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B60W,B60Y,F16D,F16H

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling a dual clutch transmission including a first input shaft to be connected to a first clutch, a second input shaft to be connected to a second clutch, a set of even-numbered gears arranged on the first input shaft, a set of odd-numbered gears arranged on the second input shaft, and an output shaft, the method comprising: providing, as a start gear, one gear from one of the set of odd-numbered gears or the set of even-numbered gears; providing, as a support gear, another gear of the other of the set of odd numbered gears or the set of even-numbered gears with a gear ratio different from that of the start gear; starting transmission of power from a power source to the output shaft by synchronously engaging the start gear to the second input shaft and synchronously engaging the support gear to the first input shaft; calculating an absorbed energy by the second clutch while the first clutch is fully disconnected and the second clutch is in a half clutch state and also partially connecting the second clutch to the second input shaft, to which the start gear is synchronously engaged; and partially connecting the first clutch to the first input shaft, to which the support gear is synchronously engaged, when the absorbed energy exceeds a predetermined threshold.