Patent ID: 6056095
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: F16D,F16H

Abstract:
A vehicle comprising:an automatically actuated clutch disposed in a drive train between an engine and a manually shifted transmission having a shift lever, a clutching operation capable of being triggered via the shift lever synchronously with a respective initiated shifting operation; andat least one sensor for providing at least one signal directly or indirectly via the shift lever as a function of at least one of a position, relative position, force, travel, velocity, and acceleration of the shift lever, a respective shifting intent being detectable from the at least one signal, and for providing a reference signal for use in activating a predefined function, the reference signal corresponding to a reference position of the shift lever and for use in activating an inhibition time for the predefined function when the respective shifting intent is detected as a function of a deviation from a reference or normal state of at least one of the shift lever and an actuation linkage connected to the shift lever.