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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
William Charles Ruona, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 25/02 (2006.01); B62D 5/06 (2006.01); B60H 1/32 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); B62D 6/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 25/02 (2013.01); B60H 1/3208 (2013.01); B60H 1/3222 (2013.01); B62D 5/063 (2013.01); B62D 6/08 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3292 (2013.01); B60K 2025/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for a vehicle adapted to be operated based on fuel combustion or electric power. In one example, an accessory train of the vehicle, including an air conditioning pump and a power steering pump, may be operated according to a first mode or according to a second mode based on a power system of the vehicle. When in the second mode, the vehicle may be instructed to coordinate operation of the air conditioning pump and the power steering pump.