Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle and system of controlling a vehicle transmission
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Application No.: US15210466Application Date: 2016-07-14
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Publication No.: US09810315B1Publication Date: 2017-11-07
- Inventor: Bradley Ronald Heuver
- 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 James Dottavio
- Main IPC: F16H61/00
- IPC: F16H61/00 ; F16H61/02 ; F15B1/02

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a transmission having a fluid pump, a high pressure fluid circuit, a low pressure fluid circuit, and an accumulator. The vehicle also includes a controller that is programmed to, in response fluid demand exceeding a capacity of the pump, isolate the low pressure circuit from the pump. The controller is also programmed to, in response to vehicle speed exceeding a threshold while the low the pressure circuit is isolated from the pump, discharge the accumulator into the high pressure circuit.
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