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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Gregory Michael Pietron, Canton, MI (US);
Qi Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Yuji Fujii, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rohit Hippalgaonkar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Joseph F. Kucharski, Livonia, MI (US);
Jason Meyer, Canton, MI (US);
Stuart N. Ford, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a transmission and a controller. The transmission has clutches that are configured to establish multiple speed ratios, including a first clutch. The first clutch has a measured drag torque distribution. The measured drag torque distribution has a median and a standard deviation. The controller is programmed to increase a pressure at a rate to engage the first clutch and to increase the rate in response to a measured first clutch torque exceeding the median by a predetermined multiple of the standard deviation.