Patent ID: 8442733
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting performance of a skip shift device in a vehicle comprising: (a) providing an engine, a manual transmission having at least a plurality of pairs of gears, an electronic shift control system that includes a controller, a plurality of sensors that monitor engine operation and driver input linked to the controller, and a skip shift device that prevents a driver of the vehicle from shifting into at least one other gear of the manual transmission than the current gear when the skip shift device is activated by the controller; (b) monitoring whether a skip shift has been requested; and (c)(i) monitoring for a period of time for disengagement of the clutch where the skip shift was requested in step (b) and the clutch has been engaged but where the skip shift is now no longer being requested, (ii) enabling execution of a skip shift diagnostic if the clutch is disengaged before expiration of the period of time, and (iii) disabling execution of the skip shift diagnostic if the clutch is not disengaged before expiration of the period of time.