Method of operating a vehicle and a vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11794843
SERIAL NO

17592897

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A method of operating a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes: an engine; a throttle operator moveable by a driver; a throttle valve regulating airflow to the engine; a continuously variable transmission (CVT) operatively connected to the engine; at least one ground engaging member including at least one of: a wheel and a track; a piston operatively connected to a driving pulley of the CVT for applying a piston force to the driving pulley when actuated and thereby changing an effective diameter of the driving pulley; and a control unit for controlling actuation of the piston and the piston force. The method includes: determining a driven pulley speed of a driven pulley of the CVT; detecting an uphill stand condition indicative of the vehicle being stopped on an uphill; responsive to the detection of the uphill stand condition, controlling the piston force based on the driven pulley speed.

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Patent Owner(s)

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BRP-ROTAX GMBH & CO KGROTAXSTRASSE 1 GUNSKIRCHEN A-4623

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Roland, Guenther Pasching, AT 8 25
Stiebinger, Christian Puchkirchen, AT 11 15

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