US 12,169,020 B2
Method and control apparatus for operating a positive shift element of a transmission of a vehicle, transmission and vehicle
Wilhelm Moser, Oberteuringen (DE); and Alain Tierry Chamaken Kamde, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/512,699.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 212 307.7 (DE), filed on Nov. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0167564 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. F16H 61/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 61/0403 (2013.01) [F16H 2061/0422 (2013.01); F16H 2061/047 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating an interlocking shifting element of a transmission of a vehicle, wherein the interlocking shifting element has shifting element halves configured to be moved relative to one another when opening and closing the interlocking shifting element, and wherein an electric actuator is configured to bring about the relative movement between the shifting element halves when opening and/or closing the interlocking shifting element, the method comprising:
determining an electric current strength through the electric actuator; and
determining, based on the electric current strength through the electric actuator, a shifting position of the interlocking shifting element.