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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Craig Lechlitner, Belleville, MI (US);
Lucas Kizer, Dundee, MI (US);
Carol Louise Okubo, Dearborn, MI (US);
Bryan Whitney D Belt, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2016.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); F02D 41/0205 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2510/087 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0644 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2720/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle during conditions when a temperature of a motor/generator is increasing. In one example, a method is provided that adjusts engine speed as a function of motor/generator temperature while maintaining engine power output when driver demand wheel power is constant.