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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yang Xu, Dearborn, MI (US);
Weitian Chen, Windsor, CA;
Stuart N. Ford, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Zhengyu Dai, Canton, MI (US);
Qi Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Hong Jiang, Birmingham, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a vehicle includes, responsive to a command to launch the vehicle and while the vehicle is in a first gear, determining, at a controller, a feedforward component including a target engine torque and a target bypass clutch torque, and a feedback component that is based on an error between the target converter slip and a measured converter slip and between the target wheel torque and a measured wheel torque. The method further includes changing a commanded engine torque and a commanded bypass clutch torque based on the feedforward component and the feedback component.