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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark Douglas Malone, Canton, MI (US);
Birgit Lisa Sorgenfrei, Livonia, MI (US);
Essam Mohamed, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/26 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02D 41/065 (2013.01); F02D 41/26 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine and a controller configured to autostop and autostart the engine. Engine autostops are conditioned on a vehicle speed condition. In addition, engine autostops are conditioned on a battery current threshold that changes as the speed of the vehicle changes.