SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREVENT DRIVELINE FLOAT IN LASH REGION
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1. A vehicle comprising:
- an engine and an electric machine coupled to a gearbox through a torque converter; and
a controller programmed to, in response to a driver demand torque at an input of the torque converter decreasing to fall within a range between a predetermined positive torque and a predetermined negative torque, command an engine torque and an electric machine torque to achieve the predetermined positive torque at the input of the torque converter.
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Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine and an electric machine coupled to a gearbox through a torque converter. The vehicle includes a controller programmed to command an engine torque and an electric machine torque to achieve a predetermined positive torque at the input of the torque converter when a driver demand torque at the torque converter input decreases to fall within a range between the predetermined positive torque and a predetermined negative torque.
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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an engine and an electric machine coupled to a gearbox through a torque converter; and a controller programmed to, in response to a driver demand torque at an input of the torque converter decreasing to fall within a range between a predetermined positive torque and a predetermined negative torque, command an engine torque and an electric machine torque to achieve the predetermined positive torque at the input of the torque converter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
operating, by a controller, an engine and an electric machine that are coupled to a gearbox through a torque converter to cause a torque of the torque converter to achieve a predetermined positive torque at an input of the torque converter in response to a driver demand torque at the torque converter decreasing to fall within a range between the predetermined positive torque and a predetermined negative torque. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A powertrain control system comprising:
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an engine and an electric machine coupled to a gearbox through a torque converter; and a controller programmed to, responsive to a driver demand torque at the torque converter decreasing to fall within a range between an impeller stall torque of the torque converter and a predetermined negative torque, command the engine and the electric machine to cause a torque at the torque converter to be the impeller stall torque. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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