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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yanan Zhao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bernard D. Nefcy, Novi, MI (US);
Stuart N. Ford, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Bradley Dean Riedle, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); F16H 61/14 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/19 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/143 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/026 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/18127 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); B60W 30/19 (2013.01); B60W 2710/027 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/18125 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/421 (2013.01); F16H 2061/147 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y10S 903/946 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a powertrain and a controller. The powertrain includes a transmission torque converter having a bypass clutch disposed between an electric machine and a drive wheel. The controller is programmed to adjust a closed-state torque capacity of the bypass clutch according and in proportion to the greater in absolute value of a negative impeller torque command to the torque converter and a negative regenerative braking torque request.