Patent Document ID: 20090292510
Application ID: 12422610
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A procedure for estimating the torque transmitted by a friction clutch coupled to the shaft of a motor vehicle engine and controlled by means of an actuator, the procedure comprising the operations of: measuring or otherwise determining the angular speed of the engine shaft and the torque developed by this shaft; calculating the difference or error between the measured value of the engine shaft's angular speed and an estimated value of the said angular speed; and, using an electronic controller, determining an estimated value of the torque transmitted by the clutch, corresponding to the calculated value of the said difference or error in the engine shaft angular speed; the estimated value of the torque transmitted by the clutch being used, along with the value measured or otherwise determined of the torque developed by the engine shaft, to obtain the said estimated value of the angular speed of the engine shaft on the basis of a predetermined mathematical model.