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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Corey James Blue, Belleville, MI (US);
Scott James Thompson, Canton, MI (US);
Kendrick Morrison, Wayne, MI (US);
Scott Patrick Ries, South Lyon, MI (US);
Steve Michael Cicala, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Kurt Howard Nickerson, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for operating a vehicle that includes a driveline disconnect clutch and a step-ratio transmission is described. In one example, the method includes shifting the step-ratio transmission to neutral and accelerating an engine to an expected input shaft speed of the step-ratio transmission via applying full output capacity of an electric machine to the engine.