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Patent No.:

US 9415773 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2014

Predictive engine pull up and pull down in hybrid vehicle

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Rajit Johri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Mark Steven Yamazaki, Canton, MI (US);

Xiaoyong Wang, Novi, MI (US);

Wei Liang, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Bernard D. Nefcy, Novi, MI (US);

Derek Taylor, Waterford, MI (US);

Robert Wright, Royal Oak, MI (US);

Ming Lang Kuang, Canton, MI (US);

Ryan Abraham McGee, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

David Kelley

Brooks Kushman P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Michael D Lang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2012.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/40 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/10 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 20/12 (2016.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2550/143 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); Y10S 903/93 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine configured to automatically stop in response to an engine stop request and automatically start in response to an engine start request include selectively inhibiting an engine stop request based on an anticipated duration of an expected decreased driver power command state to reduce occurrence of successive automatic stops and automatic starts.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Johri, Rajit. (2016). Predictive engine pull up and pull down in hybrid vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 9415773). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9415773

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