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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jason Meyer, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Ruybal, Canton, MI (US);
Bhavesh Paradkar, Canton, MI (US);
Todd Mccullough, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/19 (2016.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/19 (2016.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0291 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1015 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2552/15 (2020.02); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60W 2720/30 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for operating a hybrid vehicle during launch conditions from rest. In one example, a threshold speed below which a clutch is closed during a vehicle launch is adjusted so that driver demand wheel torque is held constant for a constant accelerator pedal position until the clutch is closed.