Patent ID: 7491150
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: B60W,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A robotized gear change for vehicles, in particular vehicles for disabled persons, comprising: a gear change coupled in a releasable way to the engine of the vehicle through a clutch, said gear change and said clutch provided with respective actuator means for controlling engagement and disengagement of the gears, and, respectively, release and engagement of the clutch; an electronic control unit configured for controlling said actuator means for implementing a plurality of operating modes of the robotized gear change, said operating modes comprising an automatic gear-change mode, in which release and engagement of the clutch and selection and engagement and disengagement of the gears are governed in a completely automatic way by the electronic control unit, and a semiautomatic gear-change mode in which release and engagement of the clutch and engagement and disengagement of the gears are governed in a completely automatic way by the electronic control unit, whilst selection of the gears is performed by the driver of the vehicle; and means for selection of the operating modes of the robotized gear change and of the gears, which can be operated by the driver; said electronic control unit configured for enabling the driver, through said selection means, to select first operating modes associated with the automatic gear-change mode, when the vehicle is stationary and a brake pedal is depressed, and second operating modes corresponding to the level of performance of the engine desired by the driver when the vehicle is moving.