Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Stuart Alexander Lane

Donatus Andreas Josephine Kees

Tarik Safir

Sam Harris

Endre Hanak

Jamie Mahmutyazicioglu

Jonathan Hannaford

The systems and methods disclosed herein are configured to unlock a vehicle. The systems use a hash function signature for authentication and use a vibration signal to transfer the hash function from a mobile device to a vehicle.

Systems and methods for unlocking a vehicle

A system and method for recuperating energy from a motor vehicle is described in which during an engine overrun period kinetic energy from the slowing motor vehicle is used to drive a high pressure fuel pump at a high demand level so as to store fuel at high pressure in a fuel accumulator for later use by an engine of the motor vehicle.

Method of recuperating energy from a motor vehicle

A method of controlling a fuel supply system of an engineof a motor vehicleis disclosed in which an engine driven variable output high pressure fuel pump is operated at a high demand level to charge a high pressure fuel accumulator with fuel during a shutdown of the engine and, during a subsequent start-up of the engine, use fuel from the accumulator while operating the high pressure fuel pump at a low demand level. This reduces the fuel consumption of the engine by using kinetic energy from the slowing engine to drive the high pressure fuel pump and increases the deceleration of the engine.

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Stuart Alexander Lane