Patent ID: 6383116
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60W,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle transmission system comprising a main drive clutch, a clutch-actuator means for controlling a degree of engagement of the main drive clutch, a transmission with a plurality of ratios, a gear-engaging mechanism for engaging an operative ratio of said transmission, a gear-selector lever that is operable by a driver for selecting said operative ratio, and an electronic control means for controlling the clutch-actuator means and the gear-engaging mechanism, wherein the control means includes a starter means for initiating a start-up phase from a standstill condition of the vehicle, said control means being operative to disengage the clutch and to automatically shift the transmission into a predetermined start-up gear when the start-up phase is initiated from the standstill condition, said control means further being operative to shift the transmission into a higher start-up gear than said predetermined start-up gear, if the driver selects the higher start-up gear through the gear-selector lever while the vehicle is in the standstill condition and the predetermined start-up gear is engaged.