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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Milan, MI (US);
Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
Donald J. Lewis, Bath Springs, TN (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); F16H 61/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/11 (2012.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60W 10/026 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/11 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 30/18 (2013.01); F16H 61/143 (2013.01); B60W 2520/04 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/142 (2013.01); B60W 2710/024 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for operating a torque converter clutch of an automatic transmission are presented. In one non-limiting example, the torque converter clutch is closed to provide a threshold torque capacity during a vehicle launch. If an engine torque request is less than the threshold torque capacity, the torque converter clutch remains closed.