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Three FCA US engineers — Ryan Masters, Brace Bade, and Craig Ashmore — have been granted a patent on a “smart clutch,” or as they put it, “slip and energy based clutch protection.” This could be helpful for saving the transmissions of, say, 707 horsepower cars and trucks.
The trio point out that clutchprotection systems can calculatethe amount of slip, based on the rotation of the flywheel and that of theoutput shaft.
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The trio point out that clutchprotection systems can calculatethe amount of slip, based on the rotation of the flywheel and that of theoutput shaft.
Read the full story: Smarter clutch control coming? »
More...