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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 15, 2024
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Corey James Blue, Belleville, MI (US);

Samuel Melville Glauber, McLean, VA (US);

Sassan Farahmand, Canton, MI (US);

Fazal Urrahman Syed, Canton, MI (US);

Timothy Baxendale, Portales, NM (US);

Zachary John Sinisi, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method including the determination of a predicted time associated with a completion of an engine-start, the causation of an engine to transition into torque control in response to a difference between a calibration-time period associated with the predicted time and a time-to-connection associated with an engine-start time period, the causation of a disconnect clutch to lock in response to the calibration-time period being within a range of the time-to-connection associated with the engine-start time period, and the transmission of a report that the disconnect clutch is locked.


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