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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Marleen Thompson, Mount Clemens, MI (US);
Thomas Diefenbaker, Troy, MI (US);
Richard Avery, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Tomislav Golub, Birmingham, MI (US);
Marleen Thompson, Mount Clemens, MI (US);
Thomas Diefenbaker, Troy, MI (US);
Richard Avery, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Tomislav Golub, Birmingham, MI (US);
Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A control system for vehicle engines includes an automatic start and stop idling feature. The control starts engine running in response to detected engine conditions such as oil temperature of battery voltage in at least one mode, and in response to a thermostatic mode by a comfort thermostat in a cabin in at least a thermostat mode of operation. The thermostat mode operation is modified to terminate responses to inputs from the thermostat after an extended period for operation matches programmed threshold representative of no occupation in the area with the thermostat.