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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mathew Alan Boesch, Plymouth, MI (US);
Sangeetha Sangameswaran, Canton, MI (US);
John Anthony Lockwood, Canton, MI (US);
George Edmund Walley, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 17/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stop/start vehicle includes an engine and a stop/start system that prevents an auto stop of the engine when the speed of the vehicle is approximately zero in response to the vehicle being located at a service location or in response to the vehicle being located in a user identified geographic region.