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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Patrick Holub, Novi, MI (US);
John Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Todd Ansbacher, Westland, MI (US);
Ronald Fitzgerald, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Adam Stratton, Livonia, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for managing electrical Key Off Load (KOL) and other potentially damaging operational conditions in a vehicle while in a neutral mode setting, comprising: determining a vehicle drivetrain is in the neutral mode setting; determining an operational characteristic that changes with time while the vehicle is in the neutral mode setting; performing, via a vehicle control module and based on the neutral mode setting and the operational characteristic, vehicle actions comprising engaging an automated start powertrain activation while the vehicle is in the neutral mode setting.