Patent ID: 6033340
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B60W,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A motor vehicle comprising a power train including an adjustable fuel-consuming prime mover arranged to transmit a variable torque, an automated torque transmitting system actuatable to assume engaged and disengaged conditions, and a transmission shiftable into a plurality of gears, one of said system and said transmission being arranged to transmit torque from said prime mover to the other of said system and said transmission; means for varying the torque of said prime mover; at least one brake; means for selecting the consumption of fuel by said prime mover, said at least one brake and said selecting means having idle and operated conditions; and means for actuating said system, including means for engaging said system for transmission of a predeterminable torque which entails a creeping movement of the vehicle while said prime mover transmits torque, while said at least one brake and said selecting means are idle, and while said transmission is in gear, said means for varying including means for effecting a predetermined increase of the torque being transmitted by said prime mover when said system is engaged to induce said creeping movement of the vehicle.