Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Ford Global Tech.inc

Greg Edward Gauthier

John Proietty

Venkateswa Anand Sankaran

Renuka Vikram Gokhale

Ming Lang Kuang

Fazal Urrahman Syed

Patrick Daniel Maguire

Christopher Adam Ochocinski

Thanh Pham

David J Mack

Joseph W Anthony

Richard Kai Wong

Gene Willi

A method for controlling torque delivery in a vehicle powertrain using an enhanced limited operating strategy. The strategy is implemented when a powertrain controller fails to respond properly to a driver command for traction wheel torque whereby a modified wheel torque at vehicle traction wheels under driver control is made available.

Method for providing improved driveability for a vehicle

A method and system for charging high voltage battery packs includes connecting a charger to a power source, connecting the charger to a battery pack, connecting a computer to a battery energy control module of the battery pack and charging the battery pack from the power source through the charger by running a software program on the computer and a system for conducting the method.

Method and system for charging high voltage battery packs

A method of controlling a hybrid propulsion system of a vehicle, the hybrid propulsion system including an internal combustion engine and an alternate powertrain torque source capable of propelling the vehicle while the engine is turned off, the method comprising of detecting congestion by receiving and analyzing data that is external to the vehicle, and controlling a transition of the hybrid propulsion system between a first propulsion mode and a second propulsion mode based on said detecting of congestion.

Congestion-based control of vehicle hybrid propulsion system

A vehicle engine is controlled based on a distance between the vehicle and an object other than the vehicle. In at least one embodiment, a system for controlling an engine in a vehicle is provided. The system includes an environment sensor arrangement configured to sense a distance between the vehicle and an object other than the vehicle and an operating sensor arrangement configured to sense an operating state of the vehicle. The system also includes a control module configured to determine whether to start or stop the engine based on the distance and the operating state.

Engine control system and method

A method and system for controllably transferring energy from a high voltage bus to a low voltage bus in a hybrid electric vehicle. A vehicle system controller controls a DC/DC converter coupled between the high voltage bus and the low voltage bus to control the transfer of energy therebetween.

Method and system for controllably transferring energy from a high voltage bus to a low voltage bus in a hybrid electric vehicle

A method and an assembly for use with a vehicle having a high voltage battery and an internal combustion engine of the type having a selectively rotatable crankshaft After the high voltage battery receives a donor charge, the assembly causes the crankshaft to be rotated at a slow speed for a predetermined period of time before electrical energy is transferred to the internal combustion engine and before combustion occurs within the engine

Method and apparatus for starting a motor vehicle

A hybrid vehicle which includes an assembly , a low voltage battery , and a high voltage battery . Particularly, the assembly allows the on board low voltage battery or another low voltage donor battery to recharge the high voltage battery in an efficient manner while concomitantly reducing the likelihood that the high voltage battery will be unnecessarily or inadvertently recharged while concomitantly ascertaining the existence of a fault within the high voltage battery and preventing charge from being communicated to the high voltage battery when such a fault has been detected.

Method and assembly for selectively charging a high voltage vehicular battery

A hybrid vehicle including a power take off assembly which is selectively and solely operated by the cooperative combination of a battery and a motor with the amount of electrical charge which is resident within the battery is depleted by a certain amount. Upon such depletion, the internal combustion engine is activated to provide electrical charge to the battery

Hybrid electric vehicle

A hybrid vehicle including a power take off assembly which is selectively operated by a source of energy which may comprise the cooperative combination of a battery and a motor while the internal combustion engine is deactivated, thereby allowing for a quiet and efficient operation.

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Dearborn, MI, United States of America

Greg Edward Gauthier