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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventor:
Joseph B. Burtch, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 61/00 (2006.01); F16H 61/14 (2006.01); F16D 33/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 33/18 (2013.01); Y10S 477/902 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque converter clutch control system of a vehicle includes a target slip module and a slip control module. The target slip module determines a target torque converter clutch slip based on an average number of activated cylinders of an engine during a predetermined period. The slip control module controls a torque converter clutch based on the target torque converter clutch slip.