Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Kenneth Carl Leisenring

Allen Joseph Lehmen

Colin Yager

Gregory Mason

Francis Thomas Connolly

Eric Michael Rademacher

Ahmed Awadi

Kelvin Lee Dobbins

Scott Makowski

Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an engine that may be automatically stopped and started are described. In one example, an amount of time to start an engine and a rate of engine acceleration are adjusted in response to what type of event triggered an automatic engine start.

System and methods for starting an engine

Methods and systems are presented for regenerating a particulate filter. In one example, vehicle speed control mode parameters may be adjusted in response to an amount of soot stored in a particulate filter being greater than a first threshold. The vehicle speed control parameters may be returned to base values in response to the amount of soot stored in the particulate filter being less than a second threshold.

Method and system for regenerating a gasoline particulate filter

Systems and methods for controlling an internal combustion engine during and shortly after starting include controlling combustion burn location via ignition timing to improve engine stability while reducing feedgas emissions. Open or closed loop control based on observed or measured mass fraction burned or cumulative released heat allows maintenance of a lean air/fuel ratio charge with significantly retarded ignition timing to reduce catalyst light-off time and temperature and reduce engine feedgas emissions.

System and method for cold start control of internal combustion engines

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Kenneth Carl Leisenring