公开(公告)号：US20090216414A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-27

申请号：US12035946

申请日：2008-02-22

申请人： Mark A. Rains

发明人： Mark A. Rains

IPC分类号： G06F7/00

CPC分类号： F16H61/0202 ,  F16H59/105 ,  F16H59/72 ,  F16H2059/0221 ,  F16H2061/0096

摘要： An automatic transmission may be coupled to an internal combustion engine. A shift selector may be coupled to the transmission and may have a plurality of user selectable inputs for controlling operation of the transmission that are electrically connected to a control circuit. The control circuit may include a memory having a value stored therein that relates to operation of the transmission. The memory may further include instructions stored therein that are executable by the control circuit to change the value stored in the memory to a different value upon detection of user selection of a predefined sequence of two or more of the plurality of user selectable inputs.

摘要翻译： 自动变速器可以联接到内燃机。 换档选择器可以耦合到变速器，并且可以具有多个用户可选择的输入，用于控制电连接到控制电路的变速器的操作。 控制电路可以包括其中存储有与变速器的操作有关的值的存储器。 存储器还可以包括存储在其中的指令，其可由控制电路执行，以在检测到用户选择多个用户可选输入中的两个或多个的预定义序列时将存储在存储器中的值改变为不同的值。

公开(公告)号：US20080228340A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-18

申请号：US12019086

申请日：2008-01-24

申请人： Mark A. Rains ,  Brett R. Caldwell

发明人： Mark A. Rains ,  Brett R. Caldwell

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： F16H57/01 ,  F16H2057/014 ,  F16H2061/1208

摘要： An improved method for predicting the health of a power transmission and an apparatus for practicing the same are provided. The method includes: monitoring a total number of converged shifts after a first shift has converged; determining if the total number of converged shifts is greater then a calibrated number of completed converged shifts; if yes, determining an initial clutch volume, an initial free running clearance, a free running clearance, and a free running clearance per face and monitoring a change in free running clearance per face; determining if either the free running clearance per face is greater than a calibrated free running clearance per friction surface for failure or if the change in free running clearance per face is greater than a calibrated change in free running clearance per friction surface for failure; if yes, activating a service indicator configured to warn vehicle occupants that transmission service is required.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于预测的动力传递的健康和用于实施该方法的装置的改进的方法。 该方法包括：在第一班班收敛之后，监控收敛班数的总数; 确定收敛偏移的总数是否大于已完成的收敛位移的校准数; 如果是，确定初始离合器体积，初始自由运行间隙，自由运行间隙和每个面部的自由运行间隙，并监测每个面的自由运行间隙的变化; 确定每个表面的自由运行间隙是否大于每个摩擦表面的校准自由运行间隙，以防故障或每个面的自由运行间隙的变化是否大于每个摩擦表面的自由运行间隙的故障校准变化; 如果是，则启动配置为警告车辆乘客需要传输服务的服务指​​示器。