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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Arnulf Sponheimer, Aachen, DE;
Monika Derflinger, Aachen, DE;
Roger Graaf, Vaals, NL;
Marc Simon, Cologne, DE;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 15/2036 (2013.01); B60L 2220/44 (2013.01); B60L 2220/46 (2013.01); B60L 2240/12 (2013.01); B60L 2240/423 (2013.01); B60L 2240/461 (2013.01); B60L 2240/463 (2013.01); B60L 2260/28 (2013.01); Y02T 10/645 (2013.01); Y02T 10/7275 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling a vehicle driveline includes connecting an electric motor to each of respective vehicle wheels, determining from driver input a magnitude of demanded wheel torque, determining speed of each wheel, using demanded wheel torque and the respective wheel speed to determine from a power loss map a current power loss for each motor, and transmitting power from the motor having the lowest current power loss to the respective vehicle wheel.