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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 08, 2016
Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventors:

Chi-Kuan Kao, Troy, MI (US);

Chunhao J. Lee, Troy, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/66 (2006.01); F16H 9/18 (2006.01); F16H 61/662 (2006.01); F16H 59/74 (2006.01); F16H 59/68 (2006.01); F16H 59/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/66259 (2013.01); F16H 9/18 (2013.01); F16H 59/68 (2013.01); F16H 59/74 (2013.01); F16H 2059/366 (2013.01);
Abstract

A powertrain assembly includes a continuously variable transmission having a variator, an input member, an output member and a torque converter clutch. An input sensor configured to receive a signal from the input member. An output sensor is configured to receive a signal from the output member. The assembly includes a controller having a processor and tangible, non-transitory memory on which is recorded instructions for executing a method of controlling the continuously variable transmission. If the torque converter clutch is locked, the controller is programmed to obtain respective readings at predefined time intervals which are collected for the respective signals from the input sensor and the output sensor, until a predefined time window is reached. First and second fast Fourier transforms are obtained of the respective signals. The continuously variable transmission is controlled based at least partially on the first and second fast Fourier transforms.


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