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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2007
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 11/10 (2006.01); B60W 30/188 (2012.01); B60K 6/448 (2007.10); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); F02D 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 11/105 (2013.01); B60W 30/188 (2013.01); B60K 6/448 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/105 (2013.01); F02D 29/02 (2013.01); F02D 2250/18 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6243 (2013.01);
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.


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