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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Eric Michael Rademacher, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Chad Everette Griffin, Pinckney, MI (US);
Kirk Pebley, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 10/11 (2012.01); F02N 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 10/11 (2013.01); F02N 99/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling a stop/start system for an engine in a vehicle include auto starting the engine in response to a transmission gear lever being shifted out of DRIVE when the engine has been auto stopped while the gear lever is in DRIVE. The auto starting is further in response to the gear lever being shifted into another gear and a vehicle brake being released within a predetermined time interval after the gear lever is moved into the other gear.