Patent ID: 6090009
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B60W,F16D,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An automatic clutch in a drive train of a motor vehicle having a transmission which is manually and arbitrarily shifted, via a shift lever, between gears or drive positions with different transmission ratios wherein the shift lever passes through a neutral or idling position to effect a gear change or change of drive position, wherein the transmission is in the neutral or idling position when the shift lever is in the neutral or idling position, the clutch comprising:a motorized adjusting unit which actuates the clutch and releases the clutch;a system of sensors controlling the motorized adjusting unit, the system of sensors detecting that the respectively previously selected drive position or the respectively previously selected gear is being left; andan indicator for the respectively selected gear or the respectively selected transmission stage, as well as the neutral or idling position, the neutral or idling position indication being suppressed during a change of gears or drive positions by the shift lever.