ROTARY TRANSMISSION ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM PROVIDING AUTOMATIC CHANGES OF SPEED RATIO

摘要

A control system is provided for a rotary transmission having a set gear trains and two clutches independently operable and providing alternative drive paths through the gear trains from an input to an output, alternate gear trains in the set being driven respectively through one and the other clutch. The control system includes sensor means to sense the operating state of the transmission, command means to command a change in the operating state of the transmission, control means responsive to the sensor means and the command means and including an array of electronic logic elements to control the transmission in a given series of discrete steps and operating means arranged to operate the transmission.