Patent ID: 9291260
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: F16H

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle comprising: an engine operable at an engine speed; a dual-clutch transmission (DCT) having first and second input clutches, first and second gear input shafts, and a gearbox that contains separate oddly-numbered and evenly-numbered forward gear sets disposed on a corresponding one of the first and second gear input shafts and a reverse gear set disposed on the second gear input shaft, wherein an application of a designated one of the first and second input clutches connects the engine to a corresponding one of the first and second gear input shafts; and a controller in communication with the pair of input clutches; wherein the controller includes a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a downhill rolling shift sequence (DRSS) of the DCT; wherein execution of the instructions causes the controller to: