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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Anthony Rockwell, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Kent Hancock, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christopher Michael Kava, Taylor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/182 (2020.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/24 (2006.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 15/2045 (2013.01); B60L 50/16 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B60W 10/24 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/441 (2013.01); B60L 2240/443 (2013.01); B60L 2260/12 (2013.01); B60L 2260/26 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for operating a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission are described. In one example, various vehicle operating modes may be entered from a baseline vehicle operating mode and the vehicle operating modes may revert back to the baseline vehicle operating mode in a plurality of stages so that returning to the baseline operating mode may be less noticeable to vehicle occupants.