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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
James Trent, South Lyon, MI (US);
Norman Jerry Bird, Plymouth, MI (US);
Matthew Thomas Trent, South Lyon, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 11/06 (2006.01); B60W 30/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F16D 48/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); F16D 48/064 (2013.01); B60W 2710/02 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); F16D 2500/10412 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3114 (2013.01); F16D 2500/507 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle including a continuously variable transmission including a gear selectively locked to an output shaft via a clutch actuated by an electric coil. The vehicle also includes a controller configured to, in response to wheel hop being detected, energize the coil to disengage the clutch allowing the gear and the output shaft to rotate independently of each other.