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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Alexander Phillip McDonnell, Dexter, MI (US);
Stephen Michael Cicala, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Charles William Suter, South Lyon, MI (US);
Bradley Dean Riedle, Northville, MI (US);
Leonidas Kiliaris, Southgate, MI (US);
Markian Oleh Diakiw, Livonia, MI (US);
Kurt Howard Nickerson, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle powertrain includes an engine and a transmission coupled to the engine. The transmission has a first neutral state in which a first combination of clutches are engaged and a second neutral state in which a second combination of clutches are engaged. A vehicle controller is programmed to, in response to the transmission being in the first neutral state and an engine-torque request exceeding a threshold value, shift the transmission to the second neutral state.