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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2010
Ram Krishnaswami, Farmington, MI (US);
Matthew L. Fyie, Canton, MI (US);
Todd C. Spaulding, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William R. Goodwin, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ram Krishnaswami, Farmington, MI (US);
Matthew L. Fyie, Canton, MI (US);
Todd C. Spaulding, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
William R. Goodwin, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for shifting a transmission range includes a selector producing a signal representing a selected range, and the system has a primary state wherein a source of electric power shifts the transmission to the selected range in response to the signal, and a secondary state wherein a source of mechanical energy shifts the transmission to a Park range when the primary state is unable to shift the range.