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Correcting method for data used for control operation of vehicular clutch
Assignee: Bosch Corp
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Filing: 1991-06-06
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Granted: 1994-08-02
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Expires: 2011-06-06
Abstract
Abstract In a method for correcting clutch data used for controlling the operation of a friction clutch connected with an electronically controlled transmission system, the clutch data includes meet position data stored in a memory and the stored meet position data is compared with a first learned meet position data obtained after power is applied to the transmission system. The old data stored in the memory is replaced with the first learned meet position data when the difference between the old data and the first learned meet position data is greater than a prescribed value. The old data is corrected by the use of the old data and the learned data when the difference is not greater than the prescribed value even if the learned data is the first learned meet position data.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiromi Kohno
- 👤 Hiroyuki Soda
- 👤 Masuhiro Ohtsuka
- 👤 Yusi Satoh
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 08:56
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16D; F16D21/00; F16D21/02; F16D21/04; F16D48/00; F16D48/02; F16D48/06; F16D2500/00; F16D2500/10; F16D2500/104; F16D2500/10406; F16D2500/10412; F16D2500/30; F16D2500/302; F16D2500/3026; F16D2500/50; F16D2500/502; F16D2500/50245; F16D2500/70; F16D2500/702; F16D2500/70252; F16D2500/70264; F16D2500/704; F16D2500/70402; F16D2500/7041; F16D2500/706; F16D2500/70605; F16H; F16H61/00; F16H61/26; F16H61/28; F16H2061/283; F16H2342/00; F16H2342/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
A method for correcting clutch data including stored meet position data, which is stored in a memory and is used for controlling actuator means for operating a vehicular friction type clutch connected with an internal combustion engine for powering a vehicle with an electronically controlled transmission system, said method comprising steps of: carrying out a learning operation to obtain learned meet position data representing a learned meet position of the clutch; discriminating whether or not the learned meet position data obtained in said learning operation step is first learned meet position data obtained by the first learning operation carried out after power is applied to the electronically controlled transmission system; and, updating the stored meet position data stored in the memory by replacing it with said first learned meet position data when a difference between said first learned meet position data and the stored meet position data stored in the memory is greater than a prescribed value representing a predetermined change in a sensed position of said actuator means.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
169 words
A method for correcting clutch data including stored meet position data, which is stored in a memory and is used for controlling actuator means for operating a vehicular friction type clutch connected with an internal combustion engine for powering a vehicle with an electronically controlled transmission system, said method comprising steps of: carrying out a learning operation to obtain learned meet position data representing a learned meet position of the clutch; discriminating whether or not the learned meet position data obtained in said learning operation step is first learned meet position data obtained by the first learning operation carried out after power is applied to the electronically controlled transmission system; and, updating the stored meet position data stored in the memory by replacing it with said first learned meet position data when a difference between said first learned meet position data and the stored meet position data stored in the memory is greater than a prescribed value representing a predetermined change in a sensed position of said actuator means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said steps are carried out by the execution of a computer program in a microcomputer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the microcomputer has a random access memory, a read-only memory and an electrically erasable programmable read-only memory, and the computer program is stored in the read-only memory.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
60 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the clutch data is stored in the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory and is transferred from the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory to the random access memory just after activation of the program such that the updated clutch data is stored in the random access memory during the execution of the program.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
48 words
A method as claimed in claim 4, wherein the updated clutch data stored in the random access memory is transferred to the electrically erasable programmable read-only memory to save the up-dated clutch data at the time of the termination of the control operation of the transmission control system.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the updating operation is carried out at appropriate time intervals.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the updating operation is carried out each time a gear selector is set to a neutral position.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the updating operation is carried out at appropriate time intervals.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the updating operation is carried out each time a gear selector is set to a neutral position.
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