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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Sangeetha Sangameswaran, Canton, MI (US);
Mathew Alan Boesch, Plymouth, MI (US);
J. Anthony Lockwood, Canton, MI (US);
George Edmund Walley, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/74 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); Y10S 477/901 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stop/start system of a micro-hybrid vehicle may selectively initiate an engine auto start in response to a PRNDL gear lever/transmission being moved/shifted out of DRIVE after an engine auto stop and a determination that the vehicle is located, for example, in an intersection or railroad crossing prior to the PRNDL gear lever/transmission being moved/shifted into REVERSE.