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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Eric Rollinger, Troy, MI (US);
Tyler Kelly, Plymouth, MI (US);
Patrick Matthews, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/08 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02D 41/08 (2013.01); F02D 41/26 (2013.01); F02D 2200/602 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes an electrically driven compressor are disclosed. In one example, a vehicle operating mode is determined and speed of an electrically driven compressor is adjusted responsive to the vehicle operating mode so that an engine may supply torque sooner in response to an increasing torque command.