Patent ID: 6973981
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: B60Y,B62D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system for the control of multiple transmissions in a multi-combination vehicle having at least two engines, each engine having its own electrical power source and being drivingly coupled to one of the transmissions, each of the transmissions having an electronic control unit provided power from the respective engines power source, said system comprising: at least three transmissions; an electronic gear selector, said electronic gear selector having a power input and a gear selector output representative of a desired operation of each of said transmissions; a gear selector module that is provided power from the electronic control of each of said transmissions and selectively provides power to said power input of said electronic gear selector from a selected one of the three electronic control units; said gear selector output of said electronic gear selector being in communication with said selected one of the transmission control units and at least one of the other transmission control units.