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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Tadeusz Bularz, Essen, DE;
Mike John Mould, Leverkusen, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for controlling vehicle operation of a vehicle having a standard transmission, a clutch, a service brake activated by a brake pedal, and an engine controller configured to shut off the engine after a stationary state of the vehicle has been reached. The method including shutting off the engine in a stopping step if an idling position of the manually shifted transmission has been engaged and if the clutch has been engaged and restarting engine in a chronologically subsequent starting step upon activation of a pedal, including a clutch pedal. The service brake configured to apply a brake pressure directly after release of the brake pedal for predetermined time period or interval between the stopping step and the starting step.