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Vehicle with clutch for transmission of torque output of motor

  • US 20030064858A1
  • Filed: 09/10/2002
  • Published: 04/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a vehicle:

  • a motor;

    a wet clutch for transmission of torque output of the motor to road wheels of the vehicle and transmission of road load from the road wheels to the motor, the wet clutch being disengaged in response to a clutch disengagement control signal; and

    a controller, the controller determining that the wet clutch be disengaged when a parameter indicative of the actual vehicle speed has a predetermined relationship with threshold, the controller generating the clutch disengagement control signal upon determining that the wet clutch be disengaged, and the controller, accounting for clutch drag state of the wet clutch, altering the threshold.

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