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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Andrew Monticello, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Lucian Lippok, Cologne, DE;
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a trailer hitch, an axle having an electronic limited slip differential, and a controller. The electronic limited slip differential includes a variable torque capacity lockup clutch. The controller is programmed to, in response to detecting the presence of a trailer connected to the trailer hitch and an increase in vehicle speed, increase the lockup clutch torque by a first torque adjustment.
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