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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., Superior Township, MI (US);
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Matthew Betts, Columbus, GA (US);
BeongYeol You, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Anthony Golletti, Howell, MI (US);
Thomas Kieffer, Prattville, AL (US);
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., Superior Township, MI (US);
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
KIA Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a method for an intelligent quick bed-in of an automatic transmission comprising the steps of operating the vehicle according to a predetermined protocol so that the powertrain controller can learn about powertrain variations and adapt operation of the transmission; obtaining feedback information regarding operator performance of the method and vehicle performance during the method; determining whether the bed-in method was successful by the level of run-up or tie-up, by whether the powertrain controller was allowed to adapt, or by the level of powertrain controller adaptation; and completing the bedding-in process. The method being capable of reducing the time required for a bedding-in process, while improving the reliability of the bedding-in process.