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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2022
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Eric Rollinger, Troy, MI (US);
Jeffrey Allen Doering, Canton, MI (US);
Jason Meyer, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); F02D 33/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0811 (2013.01); F02D 33/006 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02D 41/062 (2013.01); G07C 5/02 (2013.01); F02N 2200/02 (2013.01); F02N 2200/061 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0801 (2013.01); F02N 2200/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for operating a vehicle that includes a plurality of engine starting devices and an internal combustion engine is described. In one example, the method determines whether or not to inhibit automatic engine stopping so that a lifespan of an engine starting device may be extended. In one example, the inhibiting is based on a ratio of an actual total number of engine starts generated via the engine starting device to an actual total distance traveled by the vehicle since the engine starting device was installed.