Patent ID: 8428837

Claim:
A clutch control system for a clutch operative to engage and disengage transmission of a rotational driving force from an engine of a vehicle to a drive wheel through a transmission, comprising: an actuator which engages and disengages said clutch; a controller which controls operation of said actuator; a neutral detection unit which detects whether said transmission is in neutral; a vehicle condition detection unit which detects at least an operating condition of the vehicle; and a vehicle starting operation detection unit which detects a vehicle starting operation of said vehicle, wherein, after said transmission is not detected as being in neutral, said controller permits said actuator to move said clutch in the direction for engagement when a predetermined time has passed without detection of the vehicle starting operation and without detection of an engine stall condition, and wherein, after said transmission is not detected as being in neutral, said controller does not permit said actuator to move said clutch in the direction for engagement when a predetermined time has not passed without detection of the vehicle starting operation and without detection of the engine stall condition.