A method for operating a powertrain of a motor vehicle may comprise: providing a powertrain comprising an automatic transmission arranged between a drive unit and an axle drive, wherein an input shaft of the automatic transmission is connected with the drive unit by means of a controllable clutch and an output shaft is connected with the axle drive, and wherein the powertrain comprises also a gearbox-sided, transient auxiliary drive that is selectively connected for activating or engaging a gearbox-sided connecting point or disconnected for deactivating or disengaging from the connecting point; determining, when the gearbox-sided transient auxiliary output is activated or engaged, a load to be borne at the performance of a gearshift; and specifying, depending on the determined load, whether the gearshift is going to be performed and what synchronous elements of the powertrain are being used to perform the gearshift.
Method for running a drive line
2016-01-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60W CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION , Gemeinsame Steuerung oder Regelung von Fahrzeug-Unteraggregaten verschiedenen Typs oder verschiedener Funktion / F16H Getriebe , GEARING / B60K Anordnung oder Einbau von Antriebseinheiten oder von Kraft- bzw. Drehmomentübertragungen in Fahrzeugen , ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES |