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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Jeffery S. Hawkins, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Todd C. Slater, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Charles C. Blake, Commerce, MI (US);
Miguel Menoyo-alonso, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Darren P. Aherne, Cambridge, GB;
Matthew T. Baird, Canton, MI (US);
Jeffery S. Hawkins, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Todd C. Slater, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Charles C. Blake, Commerce, MI (US);
Miguel Menoyo-Alonso, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Darren P. Aherne, Cambridge, GB;
Matthew T. Baird, Canton, MI (US);
Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method to operate a vehicle equipped with an electronic controlled internal combustion engine. The engine fan is used as a dynamic fan brake when the vehicle exceeds a minimum predetermined operating parameter for a predetermined period of time, and is disabled once the vehicle is operating within predetermined operating parameters.