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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Scott Joseph Gittins, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Timothy Fedullo, Northville, MI (US);
Samuel Melville Glauber, Northville, MI (US);
Andrew James Myrna, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Benjamin Rupley, Westland, MI (US);
Ryan Eggebrecht, Merrill, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine, a transmission, and a controller. The transmission has clutches, a circuit configured to transport fluid to the clutches, a pump configured to circulate the fluid through the circuit, and an accumulator disposed along the circuit. The controller is programmed to, responsive to an engine start and a fluid temperature being less than a temperature threshold, discharge the accumulator to prime the pump.