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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Anthemios Philemon Petridis, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
Nicholas Dashwood Crisp, Benfleet, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for reducing the fuel used by an engine of a motor vehicle. The method limits the speed at which the engine can rotate when a predefined engine upper speed limit Nfor the particular gear in which the motor vehicle is currently operating has been reached or limiting the road speed of the motor vehicle when a predefined vehicle road speed has been reached. The use of engine or road speed limiting combined with the alerting of the driver via an indicator that an upshift is desired to improve fuel economy encourages the driver to execute an upshift.