Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Allan J. Lipps
  • Vehicle output control limiter
    Patent number: 6543414
    Abstract: A method is described for limiting a change in torque transmitted through a vehicle powertrain when in a predetermined range. Such a method minimizes transmission gear separation, or “clunk”. In one approach, the rate cf change of powertrain output is limited when powertrain output is near zero transmitted torque. The limitation is not used under other circumstances so as not to hinder driver performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Michael O'Neil, Bradley Dean Riedle, Dennis Allen Light, Michael John Cullen