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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Andrew Butcher, Farmington, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Paul Stephen Bryan, Belleville, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F02D 29/02 (2006.01); B60W 50/02 (2012.01); B60W 20/50 (2016.01); B60W 20/10 (2016.01); F02D 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 29/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 20/50 (2013.01); B60W 50/0225 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); F02D 29/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling an engine in a hybrid electric vehicle according to the present disclosure includes, in response to a drive motor being unavailable, commanding an engine power equal to the lesser of a first and a second power. The first power is sufficient to satisfy a driver wheel torque request at the current engine speed, and the second power corresponds to a maximum engine torque available at a target engine speed, where the target engine speed is selected to attain a desired battery state of charge.