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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Farouq Mozip, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jonathan Wentworth, Chelmsworth, GB;
Eric Gerd Schaefer, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
James C. Rollinson, Superior Township, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of controlling power to a vehicle accessory gradually shuts down power to the vehicle accessory and gradually restores power to the vehicle accessory. After a request for an auto-shutdown of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle is detected, power to the vehicle accessory is reduced on a predetermined schedule responsive to such detection. The occurrence of a restart of the internal combustion engine of a vehicle is determined, and power supplied to the vehicle accessory is increased on a predetermined schedule responsive to the restart.