Patent ID: 9096230
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B60K,B60W,B60Y,F16H

Abstract:
1. A drive system, comprising: an engine; a pump driven by the engine to pressurize fluid; a motor connected to the pump via an inlet passage and an outlet passage; a traction device driven by the motor; an operator input device movable from a neutral position through a range to a maximum displaced position to affect a speed of the engine; and a controller in communication with the operator input device and at least one of the pump and motor, the controller being programmed to adjust a displacement of at least one of the pump and the motor in a gradual manner that slows the traction device over a coast to stop time after the operator input device is returned to the neutral position, wherein the controller includes stored in memory a coasting deceleration map having at least one curve relating a parameter to the coast to stop time.