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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Michael Pietron, Canton, MI (US);
James William Loch McCallum, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alex O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Seung-Hoon Lee, Northville, MI (US);
David Oshinsky, Trenton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/023 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/205 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/58 (2013.01); Y10S 903/902 (2013.01); Y10T 477/26 (2015.01); Y10T 477/71 (2015.01); Y10T 477/75 (2015.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, compensation is provided for a dual mass flywheel positioned in a vehicle driveline. The approaches may reduce driveline torque disturbances.