IP Library Granted Patent US 10,471,941
Granted Patent B2
US 10,471,941 · App. 15/404,288 · Granted Nov 12, 2019

Power capture during a line lock event

Inventors: Patrick Gordon Collins (Canton, MI); Duane M. Grider (Farmington Hills, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
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Patent No.
US 10,471,941
App. No.
15/404,288
Granted
Nov 12, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle includes a powertrain configured to transfer energy to a tire and including both an engine and an electric machine. The vehicle also includes a controller configured to charge a traction battery with torque captured by the electric machine in excess of torque required to maintain the departure. The charging is in response to indication of departure from static friction between the tire and a surface during a line lock tire slip event powered by the engine.

Claims (24)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a powertrain configured to transfer energy to a tire and including both an engine and an electric machine; and

a controller configured to, in response to indication of departure from static friction between the tire and a surface during a line lock tire slip event powered by the engine, charge a traction battery with torque captured by the electric machine in excess of torque required to maintain the departure and maintain an angular velocity of the tire above a threshold during the line lock tire slip event.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the departure from static friction is based on an angular velocity of the tire.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the departure from static friction is further based on a rate of change of an angular velocity of the tire.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the energy is based on an angular velocity of the tire.

5. A vehicle comprising:

a powertrain configured to transfer energy to a tire and including an internal combustion engine; and

a controller configured to, in response to indication of departure from static friction between the tire and a surface during a line lock tire slip event powered by the engine, store energy, that is based on an angular velocity of the tire, in excess of torque required to maintain the departure in an energy storage device and maintain the angular velocity above a threshold during the line lock tire slip event.

6. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the departure from static friction is based on a speed of the tire.

7. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the departure from static friction is further based on a rate of change of a speed of the tire.

8. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the energy is based on a speed of the tire.

9. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the energy is based on a rate of change of a speed of the tire.

10. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the powertrain further includes an electric machine.

11. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the energy storage device is a battery having a normal battery state of charge threshold set by the controller.

12. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein the controller is further configured to increase the normal battery state of charge threshold to a line lock battery state of charge threshold in response to initiation of the line lock tire slip event.

13. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the energy storage device is a capacitor.

14. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein the energy storage device is a flywheel.

15. A vehicle comprising:

a front wheel assembly including a brake;

a rear traction wheel assembly having a tire and being coupled to a powertrain having an engine and an electric machine; and

a controller configured to, in response to acceleration of the engine causing slippage of the tire during a line lock event of the brake, engage the electric machine with the powertrain to charge a traction battery such that a speed of the tire is reduced and the slippage is maintained.

16. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the speed is reduced to a predetermined threshold.

17. The vehicle of claim 15 , wherein the traction battery has a maximum state of charge that is increased during the line lock event.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2017
From: COLLINS, PATRICK GORDON; GRIDER, DUANE M.
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 040956/0090 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180194340A1 · Jul 12, 2018
Cited By (1)
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