Invention Application
- Patent Title: ELECTRIC MACHINE TORQUE CONTROL DURING TRANSIENT PHASE OF BYPASS CLUTCH
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Application No.: US15241971Application Date: 2016-08-19
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Publication No.: US20180050684A1Publication Date: 2018-02-22
- Inventor: Jason MEYER , Rajit JOHRI , Mark Steven YAMAZAKI , Bernard D. NEFCY , Jeffrey Allen DOERING , Scott James THOMPSON , Daniel Scott COLVIN , Scott Steadmon THOMPSON
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Main IPC: B60W20/20
- IPC: B60W20/20 ; B60K6/48 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W10/08 ; B60W20/15

Abstract:
A vehicle includes an engine having a crankshaft, a transmission, an electric machine, and at least one controller. The transmission includes a torque converter having a turbine fixed to a turbine shaft that is driveably connected to driven wheels of the vehicle. The torque converter includes an impeller and a bypass clutch configured to selectively lock the impeller and the turbine relative to each other. The electric machine includes a rotor selectively coupled to the crankshaft via a disconnect clutch and fixed to the impeller. The at least one controller is configured to generate a first torque command for the electric machine that defines a magnitude equal to driver-demanded torque while the bypass clutch is locked. The controller is further configured to, in response to a reduction in fluid pressure supplied to the bypass clutch, generate a second torque command for the electric machine that defines a magnitude equal to driver-demanded torque plus impeller inertia torque.
Public/Granted literature
- US10106148B2 Electric machine torque control during transient phase of bypass clutch Public/Granted day:2018-10-23
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