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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Douglas Malone, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); F16H 61/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18054 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/182 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); F16H 61/0202 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2710/188 (2013.01); B60W 2710/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine and a vehicle park mechanism. The vehicle further includes a controller configured initiate an auto-stop of the engine in response to an auto-stop condition. The controller is further configured to actuate the vehicle park mechanism in response to a driver exit condition and the engine being auto-stopped.