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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Hoop, Plymouth, MI (US);
Bryan Michael Bolger, Canton, MI (US);
Jacob Doan, Novi, MI (US);
Devin James O'Donnell, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60Q 1/44 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 10/196 (2012.01); B60L 7/18 (2006.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/44 (2013.01); B60L 7/18 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/196 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 30/18127 (2013.01); B60L 2260/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an electric machine, a brake lamp, and a controller. The controller operates the electric machine to selectively brake the vehicle according to accelerator pedal input. The controller also activates the brake lamp responsive to the accelerator pedal input being less than a first threshold demand for at least a first predetermined period of time.