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US 2018/0320782 A1Published application
Powertrain optimization
AssigneeCummins Inc.
InventorVivek A. Sujan
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Abstract
A system includes a powertrain system including a transmission, and a controller coupled to the powertrain system. The controller is structured to: receive operation data regarding operation of the powertrain system; determine the powertrain system is operating in a non-nominal state responsive to the operation data; adjust a shift schedule for the transmission based on the determined non-nominal state; and control the transmission based on the adjusted shift schedule.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a vehicle operation module structured to receive operation data regarding operation of a vehicle;
- an operating state module structured to determine that the vehicle is operating in a non-nominal state responsive to the operation data;
- and
- a transmission module structured to adjust a shift schedule of a transmission of the vehicle responsive to the determined non-nominal operating state of the vehicle, wherein the transmission module is further structured to control the transmission based on the adjusted shift schedule.
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A system, comprising:
- a powertrain system including a transmission;
- and
- a controller coupled to the powertrain system, the controller structured to:
- receive operation data regarding operation of the powertrain system;
- determine the powertrain system is operating in a non-nominal state responsive to the operation data;
- adjust a shift schedule for the transmission based on the determined non-nominal state;
- and
- control the transmission based on the adjusted shift schedule.
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A method, comprising:
- interpreting, by a controller, at least one of vehicle operation data regarding operation of a vehicle, route data regarding an upcoming terrain condition for a route of the vehicle, and dynamic data from at least one of another vehicle and an external network regarding an upcoming operating condition for the vehicle;
- determining, by the controller, that the vehicle is at least one of in a non-nominal operating state and about to be in the non-nominal operating state;
- adjusting, by the controller, a shift schedule for a transmission of the vehicle responsive to the determination that the vehicle is in or about to be in the non-nominal operating state;
- and
- controlling, by the controller, the transmission based on the adjusted shift schedule.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.