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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2007
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Fazal Urrahman Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Anthony Mark Phillips, Northville, MI (US);
Deepa Ramaswamy, Canton, MI (US);
Brandon R. Masterson, Dexter, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Fazal Urrahman Syed, Canton, MI (US);
Anthony Mark Phillips, Northville, MI (US);
Deepa Ramaswamy, Canton, MI (US);
Brandon R. Masterson, Dexter, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosed system and method changes a traction torque request in a vehicle powertrain with a driver-controlled vehicle accelerator pedal. A desired transfer function parameter in a powertrain control module is chosen by the driver to obtain a desired functional relationship between a traction torque request or a power plant torque request and accelerator pedal position.