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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Milan, MI (US);
Michael E. Reibling, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Steven Michael Cyr, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Ray C. Siciak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/188 (2012.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); F16H 61/14 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/1888 (2013.01); B60W 10/023 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/027 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0616 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0644 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for driving vehicle accessories of a vehicle that includes an automatic transmission are presented. In one non-limiting example, the vehicle accessories are driven via a vehicle's kinetic energy while an engine of the vehicle has stopped rotating. Vehicle accessories are driven from a location of a driveline downstream of a torque converter impeller.