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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bradley Dean Riedle, Northville, MI (US);
Kurt Howard Nickerson, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Jianping Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kendrick Morrison, Wayne, MI (US);
David H. Schmitt, Livonia, MI (US);
Markian Oleh Diakiw, Livonia, MI (US);
Charles Suter, South Lyon, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for downshifting a vehicle having an automatic transmission is described. In one example, the method determines whether or not conditions are met for a power matching downshift. If conditions are met for a power matching downshift, output power of a powertrain propulsion torque source at an end of the power matching downshift is adjusted to an output power of the powertrain propulsion torque source at the beginning of the power matching downshift plus an offset power.