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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Craig Reed, Dexter, MI (US);
Robert Wright, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Daniel Colvin, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Doering, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 20/11 (2016.01); B60K 6/20 (2007.10); B60W 20/10 (2016.01); F02D 41/30 (2006.01); F02P 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60K 6/20 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 20/11 (2016.01); F02D 41/3017 (2013.01); F02P 5/04 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0619 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0622 (2013.01); B60W 2710/083 (2013.01); B60W 2710/085 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/188 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/431 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/436 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/60 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/91 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6252 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, driveline oscillations are reduced during engine air-fuel ratio modulation. The driveline oscillations may be reduced via adjusting torque of a motor.