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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey Allen Doering, Canton, MI (US);
Steve Michael Cicala, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Alex O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Felix Nedorezov, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Eric Frank Banners, Plymouth, MI (US);
Hong Jiang, Birmingham, MI (US);
Donald G. Levens, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/11 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/023 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/11 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 30/18018 (2013.01); F02N 11/0814 (2013.01); B60W 2510/107 (2013.01); B60W 2510/182 (2013.01); B60W 2550/12 (2013.01); B60W 2560/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/1083 (2013.01); F16H 61/0059 (2013.01); F16H 2312/04 (2013.01); F16H 2312/14 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01); Y10T 477/638 (2015.01); Y10T 477/656 (2015.01); Y10T 477/753 (2015.01); Y10T 477/78 (2015.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for controlling a transmission coupled to an engine during an engine start are presented. In one example, a method adjusts a transmission tie-up force in response to an indication of transmission slip. The method may improve vehicle launch for stop/start vehicles.