Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Jeffrey Allen Doering

Alex O'Connor Gibson

Dennis C Reed

Adam Nathan Banker

Rajit Johri

Jason Meyer

Xiaoyong Wang

John Eric Rollinger

Mark Steven Yamazaki

Gregory Michael Pietron

Seung-Hoon Lee

Ming Lang Kuang

David Oshinsky

James William Loch McCallum

Felix Nedorezov

Yuji Fujii

Wei Liang

Julia Helen Buckland

Brad Alan Boyer

Kevin Ruybal

Hong Jiang

Yanan Zhao

Amey Y Karnik

Bradley Dean Riedle

Alexander O'Connor Gibson

Scott James Thompson

Chris Paul Glugla

Bernard D Nefcy

Walter Joseph Ortmann

Brent Edward Sealy

Karen Willard

Joseph Norman Ulrey

Michael John Cullen

Chen Zhang

Tobias John Pallett

David Karl Bidner

Ralph Wayne Cunningham

Michael James Uhrich

Matthew John Shelton

Christopher John Teslak

Gopichandra Surnilla

Thomas George Leone

Francis Thomas Connolly

Joseph F Kucharski

Robert Andrew Wade

Kenneth James Miller

Mrdjan J Jankovic

Daniel Scott Colvin

Diana Yanakiev

Michael Damian Czekala

Giovanni Cavataio

Davor Hrovat

Michael Glenn Fodor

Imtiaz Ali

Joseph Robert Theis

William Goodwin

Ross Dykstra Pursifull

Donald James Lewis

Fazal Urrahman Syed

James Michael Kerns

Daniel Joseph Styles

Michael Howard Shelby

Daniel A Makled

Gregory McConville

Stephen B Smith

James Alfred Hilditch

Brad Alan VanDerWege

Eric Hongtei Tseng

Steven Joseph Szwabowski

Todd Anthony Rumpsa

Patrick Joseph Curran

John Anthony Lockwood

Todd Mccullough

Xiaoying Zhang

Akshay Bichkar

Nicholas Dashwood Crisp

Jianbo Lu

Dimitar Petrov Filev

Joseph Lyle Thomas

Shane Elwart

Allan Joseph Kotwicki

John Ottavio Michelini

Marvin Paul Kraska

Mohannad Hakeem

Steven Anatole Frait

Angel Fernando Porras

Hongtei Eric Tseng

Mathew Alan Boesch

Yan Wang

Carol Louise Okubo

Jonathan Andrew Butcher

Xiaohong Nina Duan

Kenneth John Behr

Jon Dixon

Nimrod Kapas

Paul A Pietrzyk

John Erik Mikael Hellstrom

Timothy Mark Feldkamp

David Crist Gabriel

Scott Steadmon Thompson

Methods and systems are provided for adjusting driver demand wheel torque of a vehicle. The driver demand wheel torque may be adjusted as a function of a minimum wheel torque. The minimum wheel torque may be determined according to a plurality of torques that may be evaluated in three different phases.

Method and system for adjusting a minimum driver demand wheel torque

Systems and methods for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, a boost phase of a procedure to close a driveline disconnect clutch may be cut short in response to an engine changing state from not rotating to rotating so that the engine may be restarted in an alternative way. The system and methods may also predict a degraded engine start from a low engine cranking speed or a long cranking time duration so that the engine may be started in an alternative way to increase a possibility of starting the engine and decrease the severity of degraded driveline disturbance.

Driveline disconnect clutch operating methods and system

Systems and methods for starting an engine of a hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, the method selects one or more electric machines to start an engine. The method may reference a data structure, such as a matrix or table, and the matrix or table outputs which of the one or more electric machines is applied to start the engine.

Methods and system for starting an engine

A vehicle operating method comprising generating a base torque reserve for an engine based on a position of an accelerator pedal and a position rate of change of the accelerator pedal, where the base torque reserve is an air reserve of the engine generated by the engine. The base torque reserve may further be generated based on one or more of a drive mode, a vehicle altitude, a battery state of charge (SOC), and a transmission gear, in at least one example.

Methods and systems for coordinated shaping of HEV base torque

Systems and methods for operating an engine that may be selectively automatically stopped and started are described. In one example, the method adjusts an amount of time that the engine may be inhibited from automatically stopping based on driver inputs such as driver demand pedal position, vehicle speed, and braking torque.

Methods and system for operating an engine

Multi-mode personal transportation and delivery devices and methods of use are disclosed herein. A method can include providing a preview of an opening height of a tailgate to a user, where the opening height is defined by a distance of liftgate that is measured relative to a ground plane, receiving feedback to adjust the opening height, creating a customized liftgate opening height from the feedback, and storing the customized liftgate opening height in a user account.

Liftgate operation systems and methods

Systems and methods for starting an engine that may be started via two different electric machines are described. In one example, the method reserves an amount of torque that is based on a torque capability of a belt integrated starter/generator and the engine is started with the reserved torque if engine starting torque is greater than a torque capability of the belt integrated starter/generator.

A method and system for operating a vehicle that includes a plurality of engine starting devices and an internal combustion engine is described. In one example, the method determines whether or not to inhibit automatic engine stopping so that a lifespan of an engine starting device may be extended. In one example, the inhibiting is based on a ratio of an actual total number of engine starts generated via the engine starting device to an actual total distance traveled by the vehicle since the engine starting device was installed.

Methods and system for inhibiting automatic engine stopping

Systems and methods for operating an engine that is started via expansion stroke combustion are described. In one example, the method increases air flow through the engine during an engine stopping process so that a larger amount of air may be trapped in a cylinder that is on its expansion stroke so that greater amounts of engine torque may be provided during engine starting.

Methods and system to shutdown an engine

A vehicle includes a drive wheel, an engine, an accelerator pedal, a torque converter, a clutch, and a controller. The drive wheel is configured to propel the vehicle. The engine is configured to generate power and to deliver power to the drive wheel to accelerate the vehicle. The accelerator pedal is configured to generate an acceleration request based on a pedal position. The torque converter is disposed between the engine and the drive wheel. The clutch is disposed between the engine and the drive wheel and is configured to bypass the torque converter. The controller is programmed to, in response to depressing the accelerator pedal to a position that corresponds with accelerating the vehicle at a desired magnitude, adjust the torque of the engine to accelerate the vehicle at the desired magnitude, regardless of the state of the clutch.

Torque control system for a vehicle powerplant

Systems and methods for operating a hybrid vehicle are described. In one example, a torque reserve for starting an engine via an electric machine is adjusted responsive to vehicle operating conditions. The torque reserve may set aside a portion of torque that an electric machine may produce for cranking and starting an engine.

Methods and system for reserving torque for engine starting

A method for stopping an engine within a desired crankshaft angular range is disclosed. In one example, the method may take no control actions if it is determined that the engine will stop within the desired crankshaft angular range. However, if it is determined that the engine may stop outside of the desired crankshaft angular range, expansion combustion may be initiated in a cylinder so that the engine stops in a desired crankshaft angular range.

Methods and system for stopping an internal combustion engine

Systems and methods for operating an engine with deactivating and non-deactivating valves are presented. In one example, valves of a cylinder are deactivated in a closed state in response to an indication of degradation of a valve of the cylinder. Further, fuel flow to the cylinder may be stopped via ceasing to inject fuel to the cylinder.

System and method for mitigating cylinder deactivation degradation

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Jeffrey Allen Doering