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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Applicants:
Rachelle Tustanowski, Livonia, MI (US);
Todd Clark, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yeruva Reddy, Farmington, MI (US);
Inventors:
Rachelle Tustanowski, Livonia, MI (US);
Todd Clark, Dearborn, MI (US);
David Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yeruva Reddy, Farmington, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 28/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An algorithm for use with a restraint control module that controls a signal output to a vehicle fuel pump. The algorithm deploys a fuel cutoff signal when crash sensors sense a vehicle crash condition that meets or exceeds a fuel cutoff threshold employed by the algorithm. The fuel cutoff threshold is generally elliptical.