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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rajit Johri, Canton, MI (US);
Francis Thomas Connolly, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fazal Urrahman Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Minku Lee, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Mark Steven Yamazaki, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment of this disclosure, a vehicle having an electric machine and at least one controller is described. The electric machine may be configured to generate creep torque to move the vehicle. The controller may be programmed to decrease a target speed of a torque converter impeller to create a desired brake torque and partially cancel the creep torque without application of friction brakes in response to a brake pedal being pressed while an accelerator pedal is not being pressed.