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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohannad Hakeem, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mahmud Salam, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0837 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0801 (2013.01); F02N 2200/102 (2013.01); F02N 2200/124 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine and a brake system. The vehicle includes a controller configured to maintain an ignition state of the engine such that changes in an ignition state between engine start and engine stop are inhibited during a pressurization of the brake system that is prompted by the indication and initiated prior to brake pedal application. The maintained ignition state is responsive to receiving an indication of a degraded road condition from a source in a vicinity of the vehicle.