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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rimma Isayeva, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Balakrishna Rao, Canton, MI (US);
Jonathan Andrew Butcher, Farmington, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 5/00 (2006.01); H02P 9/00 (2006.01); H02P 3/02 (2006.01); B60L 3/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); G05B 9/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/006 (2013.01); B60L 3/0061 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); G05B 9/03 (2013.01); H02P 3/02 (2013.01); Y02T 10/648 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7258 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hybrid-electric vehicle method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a traction battery, at least two electric-machines, and a controller. The controller is configured to, in response to a faulted condition one of the electric-machines during a drive cycle, command the other of the electric-machines to function in a mode in which torque output is restricted to a threshold value that depends on a voltage of the battery to maintain vehicle propulsion during the drive cycle.