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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Yanan Zhao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Joseph Jay Torres, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Lucian Lippok, Cologne, DE;
Hai Yu, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/16 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60K 6/547 (2007.10); B60K 17/16 (2006.01); B60L 7/10 (2006.01); B60T 8/172 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); F16H 3/093 (2006.01); B60K 6/52 (2007.10); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60L 3/10 (2006.01); B60L 50/61 (2019.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.01); F16H 3/00 (2006.01); F16H 48/36 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18127 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60K 6/52 (2013.01); B60K 6/547 (2013.01); B60K 17/20 (2013.01); B60L 3/108 (2013.01); B60L 7/10 (2013.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.02); B60L 50/61 (2019.02); B60T 8/172 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/16 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); F16H 3/093 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4808 (2013.01); B60T 2210/12 (2013.01); B60T 2260/04 (2013.01); B60T 2270/604 (2013.01); B60T 2270/606 (2013.01); B60W 2510/12 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2550/148 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60W 2710/12 (2013.01); B60W 2710/125 (2013.01); B60W 2720/406 (2013.01); F16H 3/006 (2013.01); F16H 48/36 (2013.01); F16H 2003/0931 (2013.01); F16H 2048/364 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission are described. In one example, regenerative torque and torque of an electronically controlled differential clutch are adjusted to increase utilization of a vehicle's kinetic energy.