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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Nithesh Maddi Reddy, Canton, MI (US);
Matthew Shelton, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Kyle Culek, Birmingham, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2006.01); B60L 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2013.01); B60L 3/106 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/461 (2013.01); B60L 2240/463 (2013.01); B60L 2240/465 (2013.01); B60L 2260/42 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for adjusting wheel torque to a driver demand wheel torque after the wheel torque has been reduced below the driver demand wheel torque are described. In one example, a rate at which wheel torque is returned to driver demand wheel torque is based on sign changes for wheel speed.