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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Paul Glugla, Macomb, MI (US);
Gopichandra Surnilla, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/20 (2006.01); B60C 99/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01); B60C 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 99/003 (2013.01); B60C 23/0476 (2013.01); B60C 23/20 (2013.01); B60C 2019/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for warming vehicle tires prior to a vehicle launch event. In one example, a method may include, in response to an initiation of a burn out event while locking non-driven wheel brakes, adjusting a spinning of driven wheels based on vehicle performance parameters measured during a previous vehicle launch. In this way, a vehicle controller may control the tire warming to increase tire traction while reducing tire wear.