Patent ID: 6095945
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B60K,B60T,B60W,F16H,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
A drive-train control system for a motor vehicle in which a position of an accelerator pedal is utilized to calculate setpoints for an engine and a transmission of the motor vehicle, the control system comprising:a combined control unit for the engine and the transmission of the motor vehicle;said control unit being programmed to, when the engine is not in traction mode, adapt a driving mode of the motor vehicle to surroundings of the motor vehicle and to a driving style of the driver; andan engine torque control device, said device being programmed to activate an engine torque controller when both a brake slip is detected and a transmission controller prescribes a lower gear than a gear predetermined according to a characteristic diagram for an unbraked drive mode of the motor vehicle.