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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2007
Eric Luehrsen, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Glenn Fodor, Dearborn, MI (US);
Don Perlick, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Dunn, Canton, MI (US);
Eric Luehrsen, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Glenn Fodor, Dearborn, MI (US);
Don Perlick, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Daniel Dunn, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for controlling a powertrain of a vehicle comprising wheels, and an accelerator pedal actuated by a driver. The method comprises controlling wheel slip to a first amount during a first road condition, the first amount independent of a driver requested output; and controlling the wheel slip to a second amount during a second road condition, the second amount based on the driver requested output, the second road condition having higher friction than the first road condition.