HYDRODYNAMIC RETARDER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A HYDRODYNAMIC RETARDER SYSTEM

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America

APP PUB NO 20200055492A1
SERIAL NO

16608425

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

A controllable hydrodynamic retarder system for a transmission including an electronic controller unit (ECU) for selecting and controlling brake torque by adjusting a retarder outlet pressure is described. The system can include an algorithm to calculate a retarder outlet pressure set point or tables or brake torque curves or profiles to allow the ECU to calculate or look up the functional relationships between the retarder RT outlet pressure, a vehicle or rotor speed, and a brake torque curve selected by the operator to provide the selected RT outlet pressure. The systems disclosed can also include a cooling system or utilize a vehicles engine cooling system. In one embodiment, the cooler can be shared between a transmission and the controllable retarder and can be adjusted to accommodate cooling requirements. The ECU can also make adjustments to the RT outlet pressure to address short term and long term RT overheating protection independent of the cooling system.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
DANA BELGIUM N VTEN BRIELE 3 SINT-MICHIELS BRUGGE FLANDERS 8200

International Classification(s)

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
BEDERT, JAN A OOSTDUINKERKE, BE 10 8
NEVEJANT, HEIN HOUTHULST, BE 4 1
VAN, DINGENEN JOACHIM GENT, BE 34 31

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation