Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ford Motor Company Limited

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, a Subsidary of Ford Motor Company

Urs Christen

Rainer Busch

Paul Eduard Moraal

Frederic Stefan

Uwe Gussen

Erik Alpman

Anthemios Philemon Petridis

Thomas Rambow

Nadja Wysietzki

Ingo Lenz

Chris Edward Pedlar

Chris Connelly

Ryan Abraham McGee

Yasser Mohamed Sayed Yacoub

Christoph Arndt

David Hesketh

Nicholas Dashwood Crisp

David James Scholl

Fazal Urrahman Syed

Ihab S Soliman

Matthew John Shelton

Michael Glenn Fodor

Todd Anthony Rumpsa

Brendan Patrick Carberry

Themi Philemon Petridis

Johannes Kuenstler

Timothy C Bettger

Armin Mueller-Lerwe

Markus Kees

Harry Cho

Patrick Joseph Curran

Ahmed Benmimoun

Donatus Andreas Josephine Kees

Daniel Benjamin Kok

Sassan Farahmand

Eckhard Karden

Stephan Strahl

Engbert Spijker

Goetz-Philipp Wegner

Brendan Jenkins

Christopher Edward Pedlar

Douglas Michael Smith

Andreas Ortseifen

Gilberto Burgio

Georg Neugebauer

Goetz-Phillipp Wegner

Ian Oldknow

Julian David Pott

Paolo Romano

Andreas R Schamel

Yasser Yacoub

Alain Chevalier

Heike Kleinschmidt

Baekhyun (“Harry”) Cho

Stephane Sadai

Peter G Wilson

Katie Vantine

Ahmed Benrnimoun

Alain Marie Roger Chevalier

David Ramiro

Handian Chen

Yasser Mohammed Sayed Yacoub

Warren Bayliss

Nick Crisp

Nick Dashwood Crisp

Armin Müller-Lerwe

Methods and systems are provided for electrical power distribution. In one example, a system includes plurality of electric consumers comprising one or more operating modes with different levels of power consumption, an energy storage and an electric machine arranged in the vehicle and configured to provide energy to the energy storage device or power to the electric consumers and torque to wheels of the vehicle, a power allocating device coupled to the energy storage device and the plurality of electric consumers, and a controller configured to maintain two indices for allocating power to the plurality of electric consumers, wherein a first index comprises a first power allocation strategy based on power from only the energy storage device and a second index comprises a second power allocation strategy based on power from the energy storage device and the electric machine.

Method of controlling electric load shedding in a vehicle

Vehicle systems include features for performing remote park assist (RePA) operations. One system include a feature where a user provides a continuous input via a touchscreen on a mobile device. The mobile device transmits a message and a vehicle autonomously traverses a calculated parking path while the message is being received by the vehicle. Another system include a feature where the vehicle autonomously move to a parking space based on data received from the mobile device. The mobile device receives user inputs on a display showing representations of the vehicle and its surrounding areas to generate the data. Another system include a feature where the mobile device determines whether the user is a first time user of a RePA application. The mobile device operates in a certain training mode based on the determination.

Advanced user interaction features for remote park assist

A vehicle system and method for remote start operation in the vehicle system are provided. The method includes responsive to receiving a remote start request and while the vehicle is stationary, automatically engaging a wheel-arresting device coupled to a wheel in the vehicle. The method also includes when an electronically actuated clutch is automatically disengaged and subsequent to the automatic engagement of the wheel-arresting device, implementing remote start operation in an engine, where the wheel-arresting device is distinct from a secondary vehicle brake.

Vehicle system and method for remote start operation

A method for a vehicle control procedure, wherein in the case of this vehicle control procedure a closed loop control of the vehicle velocity is performed on the basis of a predetermined desired value, may comprise the following steps: determining on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion whether in the case of the closed loop control the vehicle velocity leaves a value range that is defined by at least one velocity threshold value while taking into consideration a tolerance range that defines predetermined, permitted deviations from this value range; and implementing a corresponding measure while modifying the vehicle control procedure in dependence upon the result of this determination procedure, wherein the determination procedure is performed on the basis of a signal analysis of at least one measurement signal that describes the movement status of the vehicle.

Method and device for a vehicle control procedure

A scooter has a load-carrying deck, a steering rod for steering a front wheel, two outriggers arranged on opposite sides to be pivotable between retracted stowed positions and extended support positions. Each outrigger has a wheel mounted movably on the outrigger to move between a stowed position and a ground-contacting support position. The outriggers when in their support position form a wider loading surface than the deck alone. A control arm is attached to the steering rod for movement between a folded/stowed position lying adjacent to the rod and an operating position extending forward from the steering rod. A sensor detects movement of at least a section of the control arm and, in response thereto, provides control inputs to an electric motor driving a rear wheel.

Convertible scooter for carrying cargo

A method of controlling the operating mode of a motor vehicle includes transitioning between driving and coasting modes and vice-versa automatically in response to a driver trigger. The method controls an engine of the motor vehicle to bring a driveline driven by the engine via an electronically controlled clutch into a lash state before engaging or disengaging the electronically controlled clutch thereby preventing driveline disturbances from being produced by the transition.

Method of controlling a motor vehicle

A method for operating an electronic device via a touchscreen, wherein the operation is carried out on the basis of a position signal generated by an input movement touching the touchscreen, includes carrying out a filtering of the position signal in such a way that at least one movement component of the input movement is at least partially suppressed, wherein a filtered position signal is obtained, and actuating the electronic device on the basis of this filtered position signal.

Method and device operating an electronic device in a vehicle via a touchscreen through filtering

A method of and a system for controlling the regenerative braking of a vehicle includes initiating a regenerative braking mode in response to an initiating control input to an accelerator of the vehicle, the initiating control input comprising a reduction in the degree of actuation of the accelerator of the vehicle, modifying a level of regenerative braking in the regenerative braking mode in response to at least one of a further reduction in the degree of actuation of the accelerator, application of a brake of the vehicle, application of a clutch of the vehicle, and a change of gear of the vehicle, and maintaining a modified level of regenerative braking after the additional control input has been terminated.

Method and system for controlling the regenerative braking of a vehicle

The disclosure concerns a control device for the remote control of a motor vehicle including a display device for visualizing the surroundings of the motor vehicle detected by motor vehicle sensors of the motor vehicle, and a motor vehicle symbol in a surrounding area of the motor vehicle. An input device inputs a desired parking position within the detected surrounding area of the motor vehicle by displacement of the motor vehicle symbol that is represented on the display device.

Remote control device for the remote control of a motor vehicle

A method of stopping and starting an engine of a vehicle having a manually operated clutch system including a clutch for driveably connecting the engine to a transmission includes controlling stopping and starting of the engine based on first and second clutch engagement thresholds selected based on whether the clutch is being engaged or disengaged. The first threshold corresponds to a more disengaged state of the clutch than the second threshold. The first threshold is used when the clutch is being disengaged to decide whether the engine can be shut down while the transmission remains in-gear. The second threshold is used when the clutch is being engaged to decide whether the engine can be started while the transmission remains in-gear. By using a less conservative threshold for starting the engine than stopping the engine, the number of inhibited restarts is reduced.

Method of controlling the stopping and starting of an engine

A method and a device for automatically deactivating a coasting operating mode in a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine is disclosed. An activated coasting operating mode is deactivated if the current vehicle speed exceeds a threshold value. The threshold value is set as the sum of a minimum vehicle speed and of a maximum permissible increase in speed.

Method and device for controlling a coasting operating mode in a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine

In a method for operating a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine and having a rechargeable battery and a generator for charging the battery, a charging acceptance of the battery is determined and a first charging mode, in which the generator is driven by the internal combustion engine in order to charge the battery, or a second charging mode, in which the generator is driven by a propulsionless travel movement of the motor vehicle, in order to charge the battery, is selected as a function of the charging acceptance.

Method for operating a motor vehicle and the motor vehicle

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Urs Christen