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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Peter Mitchell Lyon, Birmingham, MI (US);
Andrew Clement Dame, Saline, MI (US);
Peter Douglas Kuechler, Canton, MI (US);
Alan Robert Dona, Huntington Woods, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for improving operation of a vehicle are presented. In one example, automatic engine stopping is inhibited in response to a driver communicating a desire to not automatically stop an engine. The driver communicates intentions to allow or inhibit automatic engine stopping via a brake pedal.