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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jami J. Miller, Canton, MI (US);
William Reynolds, Tecumseh, CA;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60L 15/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/00 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/18 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6239 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0047 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7258 (2013.01);
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a vehicle is provided including a variable voltage controller (VVC), an electric motor configured to provide an assistive torque to an engine, and a single controller configured to read a plurality of analog signals indicative of operating conditions of the vehicle. The controller may also perform, during each of a repeating sequence of time periods, analog to digital (ATD) conversions on the analog signals, and further provide command signals to the electric motor and the VVC based on the ATD conversions and readings.