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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric Michael Rademacher, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Hank L. Kwong, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Siraj Siddiqui, Lasalle, CA;
Giuseppe Domenico Suffredini, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0818 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/182 (2013.01); B60W 2040/0881 (2013.01); B60W 2520/06 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/16 (2013.01); B60W 2710/186 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0802 (2013.01); F02N 2200/101 (2013.01); F02N 2300/2011 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle engine start/stop control method includes shifting an automatic transmission to a park or neutral position and auto-stopping the engine in response the automatic transmission being in the park or neutral position for a predetermined period of time that begins with a shift of the automatic transmission to the park or neutral position.