Patent ID: 6033342
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B60W,F02D,Y10T

Abstract:
A drive train arrangement for a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine power plant and having a friction-gearshift clutch arranged in a torque transmission path of the internal combustion engine, a controllable output adjustment device for adjusting output power generated by the internal combustion engine, and an engine output controller responsive to a user-operated accelerator pedal for controlling the output adjustment device, said drive train arrangement comprising:a clutch position sensor for producing an engagement position signal when the clutch is in a sensed maximum torque transmission capacity position;slip sensor means for detecting slippage of the friction-gearshift clutch; anda slip control responsive to said engagement position signal and said slip sensor means for controlling the engine output controller to reduce the engine output in a time-limited manner from a then-current value determined by the accelerator pedal to a reduced value in response to detected slippage of the clutch to thereby stop clutch slippage and re-establish efficient torque transmission through the clutch.