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Patent No.:

US 11352015 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2019

Methods and system for providing vehicle drift for vehicles with automatic transmissions

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Gordon Collins, Canton, MI (US);

Lars Niklas Pettersson, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

David Kelley

McCoy Russell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Tisha D Lewis

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/103 (2012.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60K 6/36 (2007.10); F16H 48/22 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); F16H 61/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 40/103 (2013.01); B60K 6/36 (2013.01); B60T 8/17 (2013.01); B60W 20/40 (2013.01); F16H 48/22 (2013.01); B60T 2230/02 (2013.01); F16H 2061/145 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for inducing vehicle side slip. In one example, a method includes opening a sole driveline disconnect clutch positioned between an engine and an electric machine upstream of a transmission, and closing the sole driveline disconnect clutch within a predetermined amount of time after opening the sole driveline disconnect without shifting gears of the transmission. In this way, vehicle drift may be reliable initiated in a hybrid electric vehicle with an automatic transmission, without shifting gears of the transmission.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Collins, Patrick. (2022). Methods and system for providing vehicle drift for vehicles with automatic transmissions (U.S. Patent No. 11352015). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11352015

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