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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Adam Nathan Banker, Canton, MI (US);
Alexander Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
David Andrew Ord, Woodhaven, MI (US);
Imtiaz Ali, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Doering, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02D 41/38 (2006.01); F16H 1/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0818 (2013.01); F02D 41/38 (2013.01); F02N 11/087 (2013.01); F02N 11/0851 (2013.01); F02N 11/0862 (2013.01); F16H 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a vehicle that may be automatically stopped and started is described. In one example, the method includes supply electrical current to a starter motor independently from supplying electrical current to a starter solenoid. In addition, the method includes adjusting and amount of electrical current that is delivered to the starter motor in response to a level of urgency of an automatic engine start.