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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2022
Systems and methods to coordinate clunk and shuffle management with engine starts in mht drivetrains
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Maruthi Ravichandran, Dearborn, MI (US);
Judhajit Roy, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jason Meyer, Canton, MI (US);
Sassan Farahmand, Canton, MI (US);
Mary Catherine Farmer, Plymouth, MI (US);
Fazal Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/15 (2016.01); F02N 11/04 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/15 (2016.01); F02N 11/04 (2013.01); F02N 11/0851 (2013.01); F02N 11/0859 (2013.01); F02N 2200/102 (2013.01); F02N 2200/105 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for starting an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, the internal combustion is started via closing a driveline disconnect clutch and limiting a torque output rate of an electric machine so that vehicle speed may increase continuously without decreasing during engine cranking and run-up periods.