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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
Russ William Ferguson, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Milan, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); F02D 41/08 (2006.01); F16H 61/16 (2006.01); F16H 59/54 (2006.01); B60T 13/52 (2006.01); F16H 61/00 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18109 (2013.01); B60T 13/52 (2013.01); F02D 41/08 (2013.01); F16H 59/54 (2013.01); F16H 61/00 (2013.01); F02D 41/0225 (2013.01); F02D 2200/502 (2013.01); F02D 2200/602 (2013.01); F02M 35/10229 (2013.01); F16H 2061/168 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for improving vacuum generation for an engine that may be operated at higher altitudes are presented. In one non-limiting example, a transmission that is mechanically coupled to the engine may be shifted from a gear to neutral in response to an actual total number of times a vehicle brake pedal is applied and partially released while the vehicle is stopped and the brake pedal is applied.