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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
William Najib Mansur, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ahmed Awadi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Mark Douglas Malone, Canton, MI (US);
Eric Michael Rademacher, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Tuan Anh Be, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 11/18 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/26 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 20/13 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/13 (2016.01); B60L 11/1842 (2013.01); B60L 11/1862 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/26 (2013.01); B60L 2240/44 (2013.01); B60L 2240/441 (2013.01); B60L 2250/12 (2013.01); B60L 2260/26 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/242 (2013.01); Y10S 903/905 (2013.01); Y10S 903/907 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine control system for a vehicle includes a controller that initiates a start of the engine in response to a state of charge (SOC) of a battery falling below an engine start threshold, initiates a stop of the engine in response to the SOC exceeding an engine stop threshold, and adjusts a value of the engine start threshold based on whether a load remote from the vehicle is drawing power from the battery.