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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
May. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Hesketh, Ingatestone, GB;
Themi Philemon Petridis, Bishop's Stortford Herts, GB;
Ian Halleron, Chelmsford, GB;
Christopher Edward Pedlar, Chelmsford, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/10 (2016.01); G05B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0818 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); G05B 13/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle start-stop system includes an engine and a controller. The controller is programmed to operate the system in a first mode when a first input is selected, and in a second mode when a second input is selected. The controller is further programmed to inhibit engine stop in response to being in the first mode and an evaporator temperature having a first value, and stop the engine in response to being in the second mode and the evaporator temperature having the first value.