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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Wei Liang, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Carol Louise Okubo, Belleville, MI (US);
Thomas Chrostowski, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2013.01); Y10S 903/902 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle powertrain system has an engine, a damper and an electric machine configured to be selectively mechanically coupled with the engine via damper. The vehicle powertrain system also has at least one controller programmed to filter a frequency content of a speed or torque command for the electric machine corresponding to a resonant frequency of the engine, damper and electric machine to reduce resonance of the engine, damper and electric machine.