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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ashish Kumar Naidu, Basildon, GB;
Steve Johnson, Brentwood, GB;
Peter George Brittle, Romford, GB;
James Wright, London, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 23/00 (2006.01); F02B 37/007 (2006.01); F02D 35/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/485 (2007.10); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); F02B 37/013 (2006.01); B60K 6/24 (2007.10); B60K 6/26 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 23/00 (2013.01); B60K 6/24 (2013.01); B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 6/485 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); F02B 37/007 (2013.01); F02B 37/013 (2013.01); F02D 35/02 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6226 (2013.01); Y10S 903/905 (2013.01); Y10S 903/906 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary method of providing torque-assist to a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine includes, among other things, assisting a rotation of the crankshaft using an electric machine during the transition between stages of a multi-stage forced induction system.