Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for controlling a clutch arrangement
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Application No.: US16651854Application Date: 2017-10-11
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Publication No.: US11137039B2Publication Date: 2021-10-05
- Inventor: Fredrik Karpenman , Anders Hedman
- Applicant: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Agent Jeffri A. Kaminski
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/075893 WO 20171011
- International Announcement: WO2019/072383 WO 20190418
- Main IPC: F16D48/06
- IPC: F16D48/06 ; F16D48/08

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for controlling a clutch arrangement (102) of a vehicle transmission (100) arranged within a gearbox housing (104) of a vehicle, the clutch arrangement being connected to a pneumatically controlled actuator arrangement (106) for controllably arrange the clutch arrangement between a closed position and an open position, wherein the vehicle transmission further comprises at least one rotatable transmission component (108, 108′, 108″) configured to assume an engaged state, a disengaged state and an at least partially engaged state. By means of the method, the rotatable transmission component is arranged to be positioned in the at least partially engaged state for increasing the heat within the gearbox housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200248764A1 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CLUTCH ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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