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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alexander O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Steven Anatole Frait, Milan, MI (US);
Matthew John Shelton, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Kirk Pebley, Novi, MI (US);
Hong Jiang, Birmingham, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/11 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F16H 59/48 (2006.01); B60W 10/115 (2012.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18072 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/11 (2013.01); B60W 10/115 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); F16H 59/48 (2013.01); F16H 61/0031 (2013.01); F16H 61/0267 (2013.01); B60W 30/18018 (2013.01); B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60W 2030/1809 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2510/108 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2520/105 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1083 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/18083 (2013.01); F16H 2061/0034 (2013.01); Y10T 477/688 (2015.01); Y10T 477/692 (2015.01); Y10T 477/6936 (2015.01); Y10T 477/69393 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for improving operation of a vehicle driveline that includes an engine and an automatic transmission with a torque converter are presented. In one non-limiting example, the engine may be stopped while a vehicle in which the engine operates is rolling. A transmission coupled to the engine may be shifted as the vehicle rolls so that vehicle response may be improved if a driver requests an increase of engine torque.