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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Rajit Johri, Canton, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Francis Thomas Connolly, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Bernard D. Nefcy, Novi, MI (US);
Yanan Zhao, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Fazal Urrahman Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine and an electric machine coupled to a gearbox through a torque converter. The vehicle includes a controller programmed to command an engine torque and an electric machine torque to achieve a predetermined positive torque at the input of the torque converter when a driver demand torque at the torque converter input decreases to fall within a range between the predetermined positive torque and a predetermined negative torque.