Abstract: A method for determines the drive train sensitivity of a drive train of a motor vehicle. A vehicle body is placed in longitudinal oscillations in the direction of travel and a parameter for the drive train sensitivity is determined as a function of the determined longitudinal accelerations of the vehicle body and the resultant angular accelerations of a transmission input shaft of a transmission of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A method for determines the drive train sensitivity of a drive train of a motor vehicle. A vehicle body is placed in longitudinal oscillations in the direction of travel and a parameter for the drive train sensitivity is determined as a function of the determined longitudinal accelerations of the vehicle body and the resultant angular accelerations of a transmission input shaft of a transmission of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A device and method for the processing of printed products with one or more transport systems for transporting the printed products between processing stations comprises a transport path lighting system that is divided into segments, wherein the type of illumination of such a segment is with respect to its color, intensity and/or variation in time defined by certain properties of the product located in this section or its production history.

Abstract: A device and method for the processing of printed products with one or more transport systems for transporting the printed products between processing stations comprises a transport path lighting system that is divided into segments, wherein the type of illumination of such a segment is with respect to its color, intensity and/or variation in time defined by certain properties of the product located in this section or its production history.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drivetrain having an automatic clutch.

Abstract: An HVAC system for a construction vehicle is provided that includes a housing, a blower for circulating the air, at least one air duct for conveying the air, a coolant evaporator for cooling the air passed through the coolant evaporator, a heater for heating the air passed through the heater, a fresh air inlet opening, and a recirculating air inlet opening. The blower, the heater, and the coolant evaporator are disposed one above the other, so that only the blower or only the heater or only the coolant evaporator is cut through in a horizontal section, and/or the fresh air inlet opening and the recirculating air inlet opening are constantly open, so that exclusively fresh air and recirculating air is drawn in substantially simultaneously by the blower.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing damage in the shift control actuator of an automated manual transmission, involving at least one of the following steps: (a) determining a shift control actuator is damaged if an actual period needed for synchronizing a gear differs from a nominal time period for synchronizing the gear; (b) moving a shift-control actuator to a limit stop after selection of a gear, and determining a shift-control actuator is damaged if the limit stop that has been reached is an internal limit stop of the shift-control actuator and not a gear transmission limit stop; (c) determining the shift-control actuator is damaged if an actual speed during the overlap phase is not within a speed range within which the engine speed is expected to lie during the overlap phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing chatter in automotive drive train which comprises an internal combustion engine as the drive and a clutch device. According to the method, a rotating component of the drive train is driven by means of the internal combustion engine and the speed of the component is detected. Any chatter is also detected. When chatter occurs, an electric motor is used to transmit a torque onto the rotating component in order to actively dampen the chatter. The rotating component is driven by the electric motor for any chatter component at which the speed of the rotating component decreases and the rotating component is slowed down by the electric motor for any chatter component at which the speed of the rotating component increases.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for reducing chatter in automotive drive train which comprises an internal combustion engine as the drive and a clutch device. According to the method, a rotating component of the drive train is driven by means of the internal combustion engine and the speed of the component is detected. Any chatter is also detected. When chatter occurs, an electric motor is used to transmit a torque onto the rotating component in order to actively dampen the chatter. The rotating component is driven by the electric motor for any chatter component at which the speed of the rotating component decreases and the rotating component is slowed down by the electric motor for any chatter component at which the speed of the rotating component increases.

Abstract: A method for diagnosing damage in the shift mechanism of an automatic gearbox, involving at least one of the following steps: (a) determining an actual period needed for synchronizing a gear, comparing the actual period with a setpoint period for synchronizing the gear, and establishing whether the shift mechanism is damaged; the shift mechanism is assumed to be damaged if the actual period differs from the setpoint period; (b) moving a shift actuator to a limit stop after selection of a gear, establishing whether the limit stop that has been reached is an internal limit stop of the shift actuator or a gearbox limit stop, and establishing whether the shift mechanism is damaged; the shift mechanism is assumed to be damaged if the limit stop that has been reached is an internal limit stop of the shift actuator; (c) determining an actual engine speed during the overlap phase and comparing the actual speed with a speed range within which the engine speed is expected to lie during the overlap phase, and establishi

Abstract: A method for recognition of the synchronization position and the end of the synchronization operation in an automated shiftable transmission with an electromotive shift actuator is disclosed, which is characterized in that the rotational speed of the shift actuator is detected and the synchronization position, as well as the end of the synchronized operation, is determine based upon the change of the rotational speed.

Abstract: In a motor vehicle transmission, gears representing different transmission ratios are engaged by applying a force to an actuator output element that couples a selected gear to a rotary shaft. A synchronizing device blocks the coupling of the gear to the shaft until at least an approximate synchronization of rpm-rates has been achieved. A synchronization threshold position corresponding to the blocked condition of the actuator element is stored in a memory of a controller device. The controller device periodically performs an automatic adaptation of the stored value for the synchronization threshold position.

Abstract: Specific shift positions of an electrically actuated vehicle transmission, such as first to fifth, neutral and reverse gears, are detected by monitoring one or more characteristic electrical variables, e.g., actuator currents, during a shift movement of the transmission and by correlating increased or decreased levels of current with the arrival at or passage through the specific shift positions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drivetrain having an automatic clutch.

Abstract: Specific shift positions of an electrically actuated vehicle transmission, such as first to fifth, neutral and reverse gears, are detected by monitoring one or more characteristic electrical variables, e.g., actuator currents, during a shift movement of the transmission and by correlating increased or decreased levels of current with the arrival at or passage through the specific shift positions.

Abstract: In a motor vehicle transmission, gears representing different transmission ratios are engaged by applying a force to an actuator output element that couples a selected gear to a rotary shaft. A synchronizing device blocks the coupling of the gear to the shaft until at least an approximate synchronization of rpm-rates has been achieved. A synchronization threshold position corresponding to the blocked condition of the actuator element is stored in a memory of a controller device. The controller device periodically performs an automatic adaptation of the stored value for the synchronization threshold position.

Abstract: A method for recognition of the sychronization position and the end of the synchronization operation in an automated shiftable transmission with an electromotive shift actuator is disclosed, which is characterized in that the rotational speed of the shift actuator is detected and the synchronization position, as will as the end of the synchronized operation,is determined based upon the change of the rotational speed.

Abstract: Specific shift positions of an electrically actuated vehicle transmission, such as first to fifth, neutral and reverse gears, are detected by monitoring one or more characteristic electrical variables, e.g., actuator currents, during a shift movement of the transmission and by correlating increased or decreased levels of current with the arrival at or passage through the specific shift positions.

Abstract: A torque transfer system, particularly an automated shift transmission of a motor vehicle, has a movable shifter element that is subject to a position-dependent force. The gear positions of the transmission correspond to minima of potential energy of the position-dependent force, so that the movable element will have a tendency to fall into the nearest one of the shift positions. To perform a gear shift, the movable shifter element is moved into the vicinity of the targeted gear position by means of a control device directing a shift actuator. When the movable shifter element has stopped moving within a given tolerance band of the targeted position, the control device generates a stall-releasing signal, e.g., a series of pulses of alternating polarity to overcome a holding force or holding torque of the movable element, so that the latter will seek a position of minimum potential energy and thus move towards the targeted gear-shift position.

Abstract: Specific shift positions of an electrically actuated vehicle transmission, such as first to fifth, neutral and reverse gears, are detected by monitoring one or more characteristic electrical variables, e.g., actuator currents, during a shift movement of the transmission and by correlating increased or decreased levels of current with the arrival at or passage through the specific shift positions.