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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Allen Janson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Charles Edward Marshall, Novi, MI (US);
Alvin Henry Berger, Brownstown, MI (US);
Ronald Thomas Cowan, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gregory Daniel Goleski, Warren, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 4/104 ;
Abstract
A coupling assembly which selectively causes a primary mass or flywheel be engaged or be coupled to a crankshaft as a transmission gear assembly moves from a first gear position to a second gear position and which further selectively causes the primary mass or flywheel to be disengaged or disconnected from the crankshaft as the vehicle is accelerated from an idle state, effective to decrease or substantially eliminate acceleration lag.