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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark William Peters, Wolverine Lake, MI (US);
David Lee Boggs, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Jerry D. Robichaux, Tucson, AZ (US);
Stephen John Kotre, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/700 ;
Abstract
Periodic shutdown of the internal combustion engine ( ) during operation of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) is achieved by shutdown of a vapor management valve (VMV) of the engine evaporative emission control system and an EGR valve ( ) of the tailpipe emission control system at the time an engine shutdown command is provided to a controlled engine shutdown routine that, after closing of the VMV and EGR valves, then commands disabling of the engine fuel injectors ( ) in a manner to stop engine operation.