US 11,940,023 B2
System and method for driveline disconnect clutch de-stroking and prepositioning
Akshay Bichkar, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Corey James Blue, Belleville, MI (US); Jason Meyer, Canton, MI (US); Maruthi Ravichandran, Dearborn, MI (US); and Bradley Dean Riedle, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/823,894.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068532 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. F16D 48/06 (2006.01); B60W 20/40 (2016.01)
CPC F16D 48/066 (2013.01) [B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60W 2510/02 (2013.01); B60W 2510/107 (2013.01); F16D 2500/10412 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3024 (2013.01); F16D 2500/3026 (2013.01); F16D 2500/30415 (2013.01); F16D 2500/30803 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for operating a vehicle, comprising:
via one or more controllers, commanding an increase in a driveline disconnect clutch pressure in response to a driveline disconnect clutch de-stroke signature, where the driveline disconnect clutch de-stroke signature is a pressure that is less than an offset pressure from an expected stroke pressure of a driveline disconnect clutch for a threshold amount of time.