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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lev Perkarsky, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert O. Burkhart, Novi, MI (US);
Derek Kinch, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
John Butwin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for pressurizing transmission control elements includes an accumulator for containing pressurized fluid, first and second check valves, a booster valve supplied with accumulator pressure, and an actuator that causes the booster valve to open a fluidic connection between the accumulator and the control elements through the check valves in response to an engine restart signal.