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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Anthemios Philemon Petridis, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 30/18018 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/18027 (2013.01); B60W 2030/1809 (2013.01); B60W 2710/182 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02N 11/0844 (2013.01); Y10T 477/813 (2015.01); Y10T 477/816 (2015.01);
Abstract
A stop-start system and method for a motor vehicle include a controller configured to shut down an engine of the motor vehicle automatically when the motor vehicle is moving and a predetermined engine shut down condition is achieved, to perform a rolling stop-start operation; and a mechanically driven auxiliary vacuum pump coupled to a transmission gear or output shaft and configured to provide vacuum pressure to a brake booster of the motor vehicle, wherein the controller is configured to operate the auxiliary vacuum pump during the rolling stop-start operation.