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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Brad Probert, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeremy L. Russell, Livonia, MI (US);
Cory B. Laroche, Wixom, MI (US);
Philip J. Wiethe, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brad Probert, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeremy L. Russell, Livonia, MI (US);
Cory B. LaRoche, Wixom, MI (US);
Philip J. Wiethe, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling gearshifts of an automatic transmission includes preventing an upshift while the vehicle accelerates on an ascending grade, if predicted vehicle acceleration in a target gear is less than a reference vehicle acceleration in the target gear; accelerating the vehicle on the grade; and producing the upshift, if predicted vehicle acceleration in the target gear is greater than a reference vehicle acceleration.