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  • Electronic adaptive swap-shift control for an automatic transmission for automotive vehicles
    Patent number: 7115069
    Abstract: A control system and control method for a swap-shift transmission having auxiliary and main gearsets wherein precise synchronization control of ratio changes of each gearset at the start and at the end of a swap-upshift progression is achieved using an adaptive control to adjust friction element pressure values and slip times for friction elements of each gearset, whereby shift synchronization is achieved throughout the operating life of the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ihab Soliman, Brian Keyse, Steve Cicala, Ken Sovel, Charles Suter, Bradley Riedle