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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2021
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Walter Joseph Ortmann, Saline, MI (US);
Ashish Kumar Naidu, Canton, MI (US);
Thomas William Megli, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mrudula Uday Orpe, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); B60W 40/09 (2012.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 40/09 (2013.01); B60W 50/0097 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02D 41/065 (2013.01); G08G 1/0116 (2013.01); G08G 1/22 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 2540/30 (2013.01); B60W 2552/20 (2020.02); B60W 2554/406 (2020.02); B60W 2554/408 (2020.02); B60W 2555/60 (2020.02);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an engine, a wireless transceiver that receives attribute data, and a controller. The controller selectively shuts down the engine responsive to such requests based on whether a predicted fuel savings associated with a predicted engine off duration is greater than a predicted fuel usage to restart the engine.