Patent ID: 6461274
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B60W,F02D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicular semi-automated shift implementation system comprising:a manually shifted transmission having an input shaft driven by a fuel-controlled engine, an output shaft and a plurality of selectably engageable and disengageable jaw clutches allowing selection of a plurality of drive ratios and neutral, said jaw clutches selectively positioned by a manually operated shift lever having a plurality of selectable shift lever positions defining a shift pattern; an engine controller effective to fuel said engine in accordance with command output signals; an operator-actuated intent-to-shift switch for providing an intent-to-shift signal indicative of operator intent to shift into neutral; and a controller for receiving input signals including said intent-to-shift signals and for processing same according to predetermined logic rules to issue command output signals to system actuators including said engine controller.