Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Transmission control
Patent
1998-06-04
2000-08-01
Cuchlinski, Jr., William A.
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Transmission control
701 64, 701 79, 701 95, 477120, 477130, 477154, G06F 1700, G06F 1900
Patent
active
060980044
ABSTRACT:
In an automotive transmission, a method for determining whether an upshift should be enabled or disabled determines the predetermined upshift vehicle speed at which the upshift is scheduled to occur with reference to current throttle position and vehicle speed. The method employs the difference between upshift vehicle speed and current vehicle speed, the current vehicle acceleration, an empirically determined upshift vehicle acceleration referenced to current vehicle speed and the speed difference. If the current vehicle acceleration is equal to or greater than upshift vehicle acceleration, the upshift is enabled; otherwise, the scheduled upshift is disabled.
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Gallo Joseph James
Gorys John Paul
Grytzelius Bryant David
Lyon Bruce Kinston
Skown Stephanie Ann
Arthur Gertrude
Cuchlinski Jr. William A.
Ford Global Technologies Inc.
McKenzie Frank G.
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