Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and system for downshifting a transmission
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Application No.: US15349688Application Date: 2016-11-11
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Publication No.: US10549744B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Jeffrey Allen Doering
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Geoffrey Brumbaugh
- Main IPC: B60W10/06
- IPC: B60W10/06 ; B60W20/10 ; B60W10/08 ; B60W30/18 ; B60K6/547 ; F02D41/00 ; F02D41/02 ; F02D41/12
Abstract:
Systems and methods for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle are disclosed. In one example, an engine may enter or stay in one of two cylinder deactivation modes or enter or stay in a combustion mode in response to a request to downshift a transmission while a vehicle in which the engine resides is coasting.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180134272A1 METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR DOWNSHIFTING A TRANSMISSION Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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