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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Josephine S. Lee, Novi, MI (US);
Mark Shields, Plymouth, MI (US);
Sassan Farahmand, Canton, MI (US);
Bastian Hartmann, Cologne, DE;
Paul Stephen Bryan, Saline, MI (US);
Joseph Andrew Zamora, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine and a controller. The controller may be configured to, responsive to indication of a temperature of a starter-generator exceeding a de-rated threshold, command the engine to start and disable engine automatic shut-off. And the controller may be configured to, responsive to indication of the temperature exceeding a disabled threshold, or the temperature exceeding the de-rated threshold and a traction battery discharge power being less than a threshold, command the engine to start and shed a load.