Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle with engine power limiting based on clutch capacity
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Application No.: US17329415Application Date: 2021-05-25
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Publication No.: US11718174B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Nicholas Harris , Andrew Monticello , Kyle Culek , Ashok E. Rodrigues
- 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: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Vincent Mastrogiacomo
- Main IPC: B60K23/08
- IPC: B60K23/08 ; B60K17/348 ; B60K17/02 ; F16D48/06

Abstract:
An all-wheel-drive vehicle includes a primary axle operably coupled to an engine and a secondary axle having an input operably coupled to the engine a first halfshaft, a second halfshaft, a first clutch selectively connecting the first halfshaft to the input, and a second clutch selectively connecting the second halfshaft to the input. A transmission has an input coupled to the engine and output coupled to the primary drive axle. A driveshaft couples a power-transfer unit and the input, and a third clutch selectively couples the output to the driveshaft. A controller is programmed to, during a power-limiting routine, command a torque to the engine based on closed-loop feedback control such that the torque decreases when a calculated slip of a selected one of the first and second clutches is greater than a target slip of the selected clutch and increases when the calculated slip is less than the target slip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220379722A1 VEHICLE WITH ENGINE POWER LIMITING BASED ON CLUTCH CAPACITY Public/Granted day:2022-12-01
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