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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric Michael Rademacher, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Ahmed Awadi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Hussam Makkiya, Dearborn, MI (US);
Daniel Borrello, Allen Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 26/00 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 26/00 (2013.01); F02N 11/0818 (2013.01); B60T 8/17 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/18108 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/45 (2013.01); F02N 2200/061 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0801 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an engine that may be automatically stopped and started are described. In one example, an engine may be automatically stopped in response to an electric assisted braking threshold level that is adjusted responsive to vehicle speed so that opportunities to automatically stop an engine may be increased, thereby conserving fuel.