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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas G. Leone, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Kenneth James Miller, Canton, MI (US);
Eric Michael Rademacher, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Alexander O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/04 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02N 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0825 (2013.01); F02N 11/0818 (2013.01); F02N 11/0851 (2013.01); F02N 11/106 (2013.01); F02N 11/108 (2013.01); F02N 11/04 (2013.01); F02N 2200/022 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0801 (2013.01); F02N 2200/12 (2013.01); F02N 2200/123 (2013.01); F02N 2200/14 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for restarting an engine are presented. In one example, an engine may be automatically stopped and started in response to thresholds that may be adjusted as a distance traveled by the vehicle increases. The thresholds may be adjusted responsive to useful life consumed of an engine starter that may participate in automatic engine starting and stopping.