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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Steven Yamazaki, Canton, MI (US);
Hai Yu, Canton, MI (US);
Rajit Johri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Wei Liang, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/2063 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/642 (2013.01); B60L 2250/26 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/72 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7291 (2013.01); Y02T 90/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, controlling a torque output of an electric machine of an electrified vehicle during a vehicle creep condition, the torque output calculated based at least on a road grade estimate and a vehicle mass estimate.