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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
William David Treharne, Ypsilanti Township, MI (US);
Michael Paul Lindlbauer, Canton, MI (US);
Inventors:
William David Treharne, Ypsilanti Township, MI (US);
Michael Paul Lindlbauer, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An accelerator pedal provides feedback to a driver of a vehicle indicating that an engine is about to be started. This feedback is associated with a threshold position of the accelerator pedal. The threshold position may be fixed and a pedal mapping curve fit to pass through the threshold position. The threshold position may vary and depend on a minimum of the motive power capacity of a battery and an activation power threshold of the engine.