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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2011
Zhijun Tang, Novi, MI (US);
Michael P. Nowak, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Benjamin Saltsman, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Dnyaneshwar L. Ambhore, Pashan, IN;
Benjamin Morris, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vasilios Tsourapas, Northville, MI (US);
Chinmaya B. Patil, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Hassan Al-atat, Chaska, MN (US);
Zhijun Tang, Novi, MI (US);
Michael P. Nowak, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Benjamin Saltsman, Bloomfield Township, MI (US);
Dnyaneshwar L. Ambhore, Pashan, IN;
Benjamin Morris, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vasilios Tsourapas, Northville, MI (US);
Chinmaya B. Patil, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Hassan Al-Atat, Chaska, MN (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an exemplary method for optimizing vehicle performance. The method includes determining an optimized drive torque for maximizing vehicle fuel economy and detecting a driver requested drive torque. A determination is made on whether the driver requested drive torque is performance related or safety related. The arbitrated drive torque is set to the optimized drive torque when it is determined that the driver requested drive torque is not performance and safety related. The arbitrated drive torque is set to the driver requested drive torque when it is determined that the driver requested drive torque is either performance or safety related.