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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Timothy Baxendale, Portales, NM (US);
Sassan Farahmand, Canton, MI (US);
Fazal U. Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for operating a powertrain of a vehicle. In one example, the powertrain may include a first torque source, a second torque source, and an automatic transmission. The powertrain may further include a first controller configured to control the first torque source and a second controller configured to control the second torque source. The second controller stores instructions in non-transitory memory that when executed cause the second controller to command the first controller to control a torque of the first torque source via a feedforward torque value of the second torque source calculated at the second controller which is adjusted based on a degree of difference between a proximity term and a difference between the torque of the first torque source and a first torque source limit, the first torque source limit calculated at the second controller.