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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric Michael Rademacher, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Ahmed Awadi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Hank L. Kwong, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Giuseppe Domenico Suffredini, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18054 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/182 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02D 41/065 (2013.01); F02N 11/0814 (2013.01); F02N 11/0822 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/186 (2013.01); F02D 2200/602 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0801 (2013.01); F02N 2200/106 (2013.01); F02N 2300/2011 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine and a controller programmed to autostop and autostart the engine. The controller is further programmed to, in response to receiving signals indicative of a driver exiting the vehicle while the engine is auto stopped, autostart the engine, and after expiration of a predetermined duration, autostop the engine and inhibit vehicle propulsion until an ignition cycle is initiated.