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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Ralph Wayne Cunningham, Milan, MI (US);
Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
Russ William Ferguson, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/11 (2012.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01); B60T 8/17 (2006.01); B60T 13/565 (2006.01); B60T 13/72 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B60T 13/46 (2006.01); B60T 17/02 (2006.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01); F02D 29/02 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60T 8/17 (2013.01); B60T 13/46 (2013.01); B60T 13/565 (2013.01); B60T 13/72 (2013.01); B60T 17/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 10/18 (2013.01); B60W 30/18109 (2013.01); F02D 29/02 (2013.01); F02M 35/10229 (2013.01); F02D 2250/41 (2013.01); F02N 11/0818 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0318 (2015.04);
Abstract
A system and method for conserving vacuum within a vehicle is described. In one example, a vacuum level in a working chamber of a vacuum operated brake booster is controlled so as to limit vacuum consumption.