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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Steven Yamazaki, Canton, MI (US);
Wei Liang, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Xiaoyong Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Rajit Johri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ryan Abraham McGee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine and an electric machine, both capable of providing propulsion power. A clutch is configured to selectively couple the engine to the electric machine. At times, the vehicle may be subject to excessive loads, such as a large amount of weight in the vehicle or the vehicle towing another object. At least one controller is programmed to engage the clutch and start the engine in response to a load of the vehicle exceeding a predetermined threshold and a release of the brake pedal while the vehicle is stopped and in drive. This increases available engine torque prior to vehicle launch in anticipation of an upcoming acceleration demand.