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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Andreas Ortseifen, Eschweiler, DE;
Urs Christen, Aachen, DE;
Stephan Strahl, Herzogenrath, DE;
Nicholas Dashwood Crisp, Benfleet, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 30/182 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 50/10 (2012.01); B60W 30/20 (2006.01); F16D 48/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60W 30/18072 (2013.01); B60W 30/20 (2013.01); B60W 50/10 (2013.01); F16D 48/00 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0208 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/065 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0644 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/42 (2013.01); F16D 2500/5085 (2013.01); Y02T 10/76 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling the operating mode of a motor vehicle includes transitioning between driving and coasting modes and vice-versa automatically in response to a driver trigger. The method controls an engine of the motor vehicle to bring a driveline driven by the engine via an electronically controlled clutch into a lash state before engaging or disengaging the electronically controlled clutch thereby preventing driveline disturbances from being produced by the transition.