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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1998
Bryant David Grytzelius, Westland, MI (US);
Bruce Kinston Lyon, South Lyon, MI (US);
Joseph James Gallo, Fraser, MI (US);
John Paul Gorys, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey James Tumavitch, Livonia, MI (US);
Paul Christian Stallman, Canton, MI (US);
Stephanie Ann Skown, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for determining whether the torque converter bypass clutch of an automotive transmission should be relocked or a relock should be prevented includes maintaining in a delay counter the number of such relocks that occur, continuously determining in a counter decrement timer the length of the period since the last relock occurred, determining the output of a timer for decrementing the count of the delay counter, decrementing the count of the delay counter and clearing the counter decrement timer provided the period of the counter decrement timer is greater than the output of the timer for decrementing the count of the delay counter.