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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Kirk Pebley, Novi, MI (US);
Eric Michael Rademacher, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Hank L. Kwong, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Chad Michael Korte, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60K 37/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60T 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/18109 (2013.01); B60K 37/02 (2013.01); B60T 7/122 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/182 (2013.01); B60T 2201/06 (2013.01); B60W 30/18118 (2013.01); B60W 2550/142 (2013.01); B60W 2710/18 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/18116 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/18141 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a powertrain and an electric parking brake. A controller activates the electric parking brake in response to the powertrain transitioning to an off state that inhibits production of propulsive torque during an ignition cycle when a vehicle speed is less than a predetermined speed and in a presence of conditions that inhibit the powertrain from transitioning to an on state that permits production of propulsive torque.