Patent ID: 7467038
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B60W,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a direction of rotation of a secondary side of an automatic starting clutch ( 16 ) of a motor vehicle ( 10 ), the secondary side of the starting clutch ( 16 ) being connected to a transmission input shaft ( 21 ) and a primary side of the staring clutch ( 16 ) being connected to an output shaft ( 19 ) of a drive motor ( 14 ), the method comprising the steps of: comparing a primary speed of rotation (U when the secondary speed of rotation (U engaging the starting clutch ( determining a specified value for a speed of rotation (U regulating the drive motor ( determining and comparing the primary speed of rotation (U when the primary speed of rotation (U comparing the speed of rotation of the primary side of the starting clutch ( when the speed of rotation of the primary side of the starting clutch (