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US 11,898,527 B2Granted
System and method for controlling engine starting
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMaruthi Ravichandran, Akshay Bichkar, Marin Assaliyski, Corey James Blue
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Abstract
Systems and methods for selecting and scheduling which of a plurality of engine starting devices starts an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, a scheduled start of the internal combustion engine via a driveline disconnect clutch is withdrawn during conditions when both a transmission gear shift is requested or in process and when a driver urgency level is greater than a threshold level.
Claims10
A method for operating a vehicle, comprising:
- via a controller, scheduling starting of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle via closing a driveline disconnect clutch while a transmission gear shift is requested or in progress;
- via the controller, delaying starting of the internal combustion engine via the driveline disconnect clutch and completing the transmission gear shift while a driver urgency level is less than a threshold level, where delaying engine starting of the internal combustion engine includes placing closing of the driveline disconnect clutch in a wait state where a torque capacity of the driveline disconnect clutch is constrained below twenty Newton-meters, where the driver urgency level is based on a rate of change of a driver demand pedal;
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- cancelling starting of the internal combustion engine via the driveline disconnect clutch in response to the driver urgency level being greater than the threshold level.
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A system, comprising:
- an internal combustion engine;
- an integrated starter/generator;
- a disconnect clutch positioned in a driveline between the internal combustion engine and the integrated starter/generator;
- a transmission included in the driveline;
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- a controller including executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory that cause the controller to place operation of the disconnect clutch in a wait state, where a torque capacity of the disconnect clutch is constrained below a threshold value, while a gear shift of the transmission is requested and while the disconnect clutch is scheduled to start the internal combustion engine, and additional executable instructions to schedule starting of the internal combustion engine via a flywheel starter in response to a driver urgency level exceeding a threshold level, and additional instructions to cancelling starting of the internal combustion engine via the driveline disconnect clutch in response to the driver urgency level being greater than the threshold level.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.