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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:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Cory Benson LaRoche, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jianping Zhang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jesse D. L. Brunais, Livonia, MI (US);
Stephen Michael Cicala, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Michael S. Simon, Plymouth, MI (US);
Paul Hollar, Belleville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/19 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/11 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/19 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/11 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01); B60W 2540/103 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0616 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine and a transmission coupled to the engine. A vehicle controller is programmed to, in response to a shift of the transmission with the vehicle being in a sport mode or other precondition being present, command the engine to skip one or more fuel injector events of the engine during an inertia phase of the shift.