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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Edward Pedlar, Chelmsford, GB;
David Hesketh, Ingatestone, GB;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0822 (2013.01); F02N 11/0825 (2013.01); F02N 11/0829 (2013.01); F02N 2200/023 (2013.01); F02N 2200/061 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0801 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0804 (2013.01); F02N 2200/101 (2013.01); F02N 2200/102 (2013.01); F02N 2200/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle and associated method of operating a vehicle having an engine, a user interface configured to select a start-stop mode, and a controller communicating with the engine and the user interface automatically shutdown and restart the engine, and inhibit the automatic engine shutdown or restart responsive to any of a first group of inhibitors, or alternatively, any of the first group and a second group of inhibitors depending on the start-stop mode selected via the user interface.