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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2008
Applicants:
Randall B. Dlugoss, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Micheal P. Portell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Randall B. Dlugoss, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Micheal P. Portell, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18036 (2013.01); B60W 2510/105 (2013.01); B60W 2520/06 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control system of a vehicle comprises a torque sensor, a vehicle direction module, and a control module. The torque sensor determines a driveline torque signal based on a torque produced by a device of a driveline. The vehicle direction module determines whether a vehicle direction includes one of a forward direction and a reverse direction based on the driveline torque signal. The control module controls the vehicle based on the vehicle direction.