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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Douglas Malone, Canton, MI (US);
Michael John Mould, Leverkusen, DE;
William Najib Mansur, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Chad Everette Griffin, Pinckney, MI (US);
Karl-Peter Hesseler, Lohmar-Donrath, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/188 (2012.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/184 (2012.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); G06F 7/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/188 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/184 (2013.01); B60W 30/18018 (2013.01); B60W 2510/182 (2013.01); B60W 2520/04 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); Y10T 477/814 (2015.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for improving operation of a vehicle are presented. In one example, vehicle brakes are held to reduce the possibility of vehicle motion and stopping of engine rotation is prevented until confirmation of vehicle hold is present. The approach may allow an engine to remain in an off state for a longer period of time while reducing the possibility of vehicle motion.