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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Craig Reed, Dexter, MI (US);
Robert Wright, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Daniel Colvin, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Doering, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/106 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/102 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, driveline oscillations are reduced during engine air-fuel ratio modulation. The driveline oscillations may be reduced via adjusting torque of a motor.