Patent ID: 11898527
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A method for operating a vehicle, comprising:
via a controller, scheduling starting of an internal combustion engine of the vehicle via closing a driveline disconnect clutch while a transmission gear shift is requested or in progress;
via the controller, delaying starting of the internal combustion engine via the driveline disconnect clutch and completing the transmission gear shift while a driver urgency level is less than a threshold level, where delaying engine starting of the internal combustion engine includes placing closing of the driveline disconnect clutch in a wait state where a torque capacity of the driveline disconnect clutch is constrained below twenty Newton-meters, where the driver urgency level is based on a rate of change of a driver demand pedal; and
cancelling starting of the internal combustion engine via the driveline disconnect clutch in response to the driver urgency level being greater than the threshold level.