Patent ID: 8352141

Claim:
A method for actuating a clutch in the drivetrain of a motor vehicle, comprising using a clutch position controller to: generate a respective position setpoint for each predetermined target interval in a plurality of predetermined target intervals; in each predetermined target interval, actuate the clutch in a plurality of predetermined controller sampling intervals; discretize a respective position setpoint change into a plurality of intermediate position setpoints; determine a number of intermediate position setpoints in the plurality of intermediate position setpoint depending on a ratio of each target interval to a predetermined controller sampling interval; specify the respective position setpoint changes in steps to actuate the clutch; in a first intermediate step, calculate a maximum by comparing an amount of a remainder of a respective position setpoint change with reference to a number of intermediate steps and a predetermined activation threshold of the clutch position controller; and, add a previously determined maximum to a respective position setpoint generated in a target interval previous to a current target interval to determine an intermediate respective position setpoint discretized in the controller sampling interval.