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US 2019/0111912 A1Published application
Methods and system for operating a hybrid vehicle in a performance mode
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMark Anthony Rockwell, Kent Hancock, Christopher Michael Kava
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Abstract
Methods and systems for operating a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine, an electric machine, and a transmission are described. In one example, various vehicle operating modes may be entered from a baseline vehicle operating mode and the vehicle operating modes may revert back to the baseline vehicle operating mode in a plurality of stages so that returning to the baseline operating mode may be less noticeable to vehicle occupants.
Claims20
A vehicle operating method, comprising:
- substantially simultaneously activating a plurality of vehicle control parameter staging groups via a controller and operating a vehicle responsive to the plurality of vehicle control parameter staging groups in response to a vehicle mode being selected;
- and
- via the controller, deactivating the plurality of vehicle control parameter staging groups asynchronously and operating the vehicle responsive to baseline control parameters responsive to one or more conditions being met.
A vehicle operating method, comprising:
- grouping more than one vehicle control parameter into a plurality of staging groups via a controller;
- via the controller, substantially simultaneously activating the plurality of staging groups and operating a vehicle responsive to a vehicle mode being selected;
- and
- via the controller, deactivating the activated plurality of staging groups according to a predetermined order of staging group deactivation responsive to one or more conditions being met to deactivate the activated plurality of staging groups.
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A system, comprising:
- an engine;
- an electric energy storage device;
- a motor/generator;
- and
- a controller including executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory to operate the engine, electric energy storage device, and motor/generator responsive to a plurality of staging groups that are activated at a substantially same time and deactivated asynchronously.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.