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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yuji Fujii, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Davor Hrovat, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gregory Michael Pietron, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Doering, Canton, MI (US);
Alex O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Nimrod Kapas, Canton, MI (US);
Joseph F Kucharski, Livonia, MI (US);
Diana Yanakiev, Birmingham, MI (US);
James Dottavio, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and system providing manual skip-shift for operating the automatic transmission of a vehicle. The method includes accepting the input of gear states by operating a selector mechanism to select a value. The system accepts input of a selected sequence of gear states from a plurality of available gear states, the selected sequence including fewer gear states than the number of available gear states. The system then operates a selector mechanism to select the gear state from the selected sequence. The system also includes an electronic control module, a selector mechanism, and a power train control module.