US 12,214,668 B2
Shared clutch control for manual transmission with a hybrid drive
Alexander R. Green, Redwood City, CA (US); and Michael Thompson, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed by TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC., Los Altos, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/394,312.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037369 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 6/00 (2007.10); B60K 6/387 (2007.10); F16D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 6/387 (2013.01) [F16D 29/00 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/42 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/402 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/406 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising:
a clutch, configured to decouple an internal combustion engine of the vehicle from a manual transmission of the vehicle when the clutch is disengaged; and
a hydraulic-mechanical linkage, configured to:
receive at least one of a first fluid compressed by clutch-related input signals from a driver of the vehicle and a second fluid compressed by clutch-related input signals from an ECU, wherein the clutch-related input signals from the ECU are generated by the ECU autonomously or semi-autonomously; and
adjust engagement of the clutch in accordance with the greater pressure fluid among the first fluid and the second fluid.