Invention Grant
US09278685B2 Method and system for adapting operation of a hybrid vehicle transmission torque converter lockup clutch
有权
一种混合动力车辆传动变矩器锁止离合器的运行方法和系统
- Patent Title: Method and system for adapting operation of a hybrid vehicle transmission torque converter lockup clutch
- Patent Title (中): 一种混合动力车辆传动变矩器锁止离合器的运行方法和系统
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Application No.: US13710216Application Date: 2012-12-10
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Publication No.: US09278685B2Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: Alex O'Connor Gibson , Jeffrey Allen Doering , Adam Nathan Banker , David Oshinsky , Dennis Craig Reed
- 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: Alleman Hall McCoy Russell & Tuttle LLP
- Agent David Kelley
- Main IPC: B60W20/00
- IPC: B60W20/00 ; B60W10/02 ; B60W10/08 ; B60W30/18 ; B60K6/48

Abstract:
A method and a system for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, operation of a transmission torque converter lockup clutch is adjusted by way of adjusting a transfer function based on torque supplied by an electric machine to improve engine starting control. The approach may improve engine starting and vehicle drivability.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140163787A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING OPERATION OF A HYBRID VEHICLE TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER LOCKUP CLUTCH Public/Granted day:2014-06-12
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