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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Shunsuke Okubo, Belleville, MI (US);
Floyd Cadwell, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/22 (2007.10); F01M 11/10 (2006.01); F01M 5/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/445 (2007.10); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/22 (2013.01); B60K 6/445 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); F01M 5/001 (2013.01); F01M 11/10 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2306/03 (2013.01); F02D 41/04 (2013.01); F02D 2250/11 (2013.01); F16N 2200/00 (2013.01); Y10S 903/903 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, periodically adjusting powertrain operation of an electrified vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine to progressively influence oil quality of oil of the internal combustion engine.