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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2009
Robert Merrion, Pittsboro, IN (US);
Brett Caldwell, New Palestine, IN (US);
John Kresse, Martinsville, IN (US);
Robert Merrion, Pittsboro, IN (US);
Brett Caldwell, New Palestine, IN (US);
John Kresse, Martinsville, IN (US);
Allison Transmission, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for controlling the operating temperature of a torque converter during torque converter stall conditions. The torque converter has a pump rotatably driven by an internal combustion engine and a rotatable turbine fluidly coupled to the pump. The system first determines whether the torque converter is currently in a torque converter stall condition, and, if so, determines a slip speed as a difference in rotational speeds between the pump and the turbine, determines an engine output torque limit as a function of the slip speed and a desired slip speed, and controls the operating temperature of the torque converter by limiting output torque produced by the engine based on the engine output torque limit.