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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Applicants:
Harald Stoffels, Cologne, DE;
Klemens Grieser, Langenfeld, DE;
Inventors:
Harald Stoffels, Cologne, DE;
Klemens Grieser, Langenfeld, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling a propulsion system for a vehicle including a transmission coupling an output shaft of the internal combustion engine to a drive wheel of the vehicle, wherein said transmission includes a lash region, the method comprising of adjusting an operating parameter of the engine so that at least one cylinder of the engine is transitioned between a first combustion mode and a second combustion mode, and varying a timing of said transition responsive to whether the transmission is operating within the lash region of the transmission.