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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Method for controlling a vehicle having an all-wheel drive driveline with a disconnecting drive unit
Applicant:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Pillen, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Tony Pistagnesi, Beelle River, CA;
Jeffrey L. Kincaid, Clarkston, MI (US);
Assignee:
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/35 (2006.01); B60K 23/08 (2006.01); B60K 17/344 (2006.01); B60K 17/346 (2006.01); F16H 3/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/08 (2013.01); B60K 17/344 (2013.01); B60K 17/35 (2013.01); B60K 17/346 (2013.01); B60K 2023/085 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/182 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/20 (2013.01); F16H 3/54 (2013.01); F16H 2200/0034 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2005 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2035 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2064 (2013.01); F16H 2200/2094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a vehicle having an all-wheel drive driveline with a disconnecting drive unit. The method conditions changing the operational state of the all-wheel drive driveline from a connected state to a disconnected state based in part on an operational state of a vehicle torque converter.