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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2009
Applicant:
Gerald L. Larson, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Inventor:
Gerald L. Larson, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vehicle control system is programmed to stop the vehicle's internal combustion engine upon certain conditions including the vehicle being stopped and engine temperature having reached a minimum operating level. On vehicles equipped with air brakes and having an engine driven air compressor, engine restarts are provided by an air pressure supported hydraulic motor once triggered by operator actions such as releasing the brake and/or depressing the vehicle's accelerator indicative of the driver's intention to move the vehicle.