Patent ID: 9449436
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: F16D,F16H,G07C

Claim Text:
1. A method for actuating a component of a drive train of a motor vehicle, wherein the component has a safe state, wherein the component can be actively transferred into the safe state by means of an actuator, wherein the component is mechanically prestressed into the safe state, and wherein the component can be passively transferred into the safe state by means of a mechanical prestress, the method having the steps: sensing a fault state, when the sensed fault state is a first type of fault state, then immediately interrupting an actuation of the component by switching the actuator to a currentless state so that the component is passively transferred into the safe state by the mechanical prestress, and when the sensed fault state is a second type of fault state, then enabling an actuation of the component in such a way that the component is actively transferred into the safe state by the actuator.