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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Chen Zhang, Westland, MI (US);
Rajit Johri, Canton, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Doering, Canton, MI (US);
Xiaoyong Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Walter Joseph Ortmann, Saline, MI (US);
Felix Nedorezov, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Alexander O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 20/19 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 20/19 (2016.01); B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60W 2710/028 (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 operating a hybrid vehicle driveline that includes an engine and a motor are presented. In one example, the systems and methods include one or more control modes where engine and/or motor speed or torque is adjusted responsive to different control parameters during a vehicle launch from zero speed or a creep speed.