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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Aed M. Dudar, Canton, MI (US);
Scott Alan Bohr, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/08 (2006.01); E05F 15/71 (2015.01); B60G 17/016 (2006.01); B60G 17/0185 (2006.01); B60G 17/0165 (2006.01); F01P 7/00 (2006.01); F01P 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/71 (2015.01); B60G 17/016 (2013.01); B60G 17/0165 (2013.01); B60G 17/0185 (2013.01); F01P 7/00 (2013.01); F01P 7/167 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); B60G 2400/70 (2013.01); B60G 2600/08 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/536 (2013.01); F01P 2025/32 (2013.01); F01P 2037/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine coolant temperature at an expected time of activation of a vehicle is predicted. Upon determining that the predicted engine coolant temperature is greater than an ambient air temperature by a temperature threshold, a vehicle component is actuated at a time determined based on the expected time of activation.