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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Markian Oleh Diakiw, Livonia, MI (US);
Leonidas Kiliaris, Southgate, MI (US);
Philip Joseph Wiethe, South Lyon, MI (US);
Kurt Howard Nickerson, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Brian Michael O'Neil, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Cory Benson LaRoche, Wixom, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an accelerator pedal moveable across a plurality of predefined positions and a controller programmed to, responsive to the pedal reaching a tip-in position, command a downshift to a downshift gear from an initial gear. A difference between the initial and downshift gears exceeds a number of predefined positions crossed upon moving to the tip-in position when a rate of change of pedal position exceeds a predefined threshold.