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US 11,584,376 B2Granted
Method for operating a vehicle having a driveline disconnect clutch
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsFazal Urrahman Syed, Rajit Johri, Shailesh Shrikant Kozarekar, Thomas Scott Gee, Ming Lang Kuang, Kevin Ray Ruybal
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Abstract
A method for operating a vehicle that includes a driveline disconnect clutch is described. In one example, the method adjusts torque of an electric machine in response to a estimated torque capacity of the driveline disconnect clutch. The estimated torque capacity of the driveline disconnect clutch is based on a combined inertia of a dual mass flywheel and the driveline disconnect clutch.
Claims6
A vehicle operating method, comprising:
- estimating an amount of torque transferred through a driveline disconnect clutch via a controller, a dual mass flywheel damping torque, a dual mass flywheel spring torque, inertia of one side of the dual mass flywheel, and inertia of the driveline disconnect clutch;
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- adjusting torque of an integrated starter/generator in response to the estimated amount of torque transferred through the driveline disconnect clutch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.