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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Xiaoyong Wang, Novi, MI (US);
Wei Liang, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Rajit Johri, Canton, MI (US);
Francis Thomas Connolly, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Daniel Colvin, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);
Ryan Abraham McGee, Shanghai, CN;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for operating and hybrid driveline are presented. In one example, driver demand torque may be supplied to vehicle wheels via a hydraulic torque path and a friction torque path. Torque is distributed between the friction torque path and the hydraulic torque path in a way that ensures that driver demand torque is met and the friction torque path transfers torque up to its capacity.