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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brian Thomas Soo, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Bernard D. Nefcy, Novi, MI (US);
David Paul Tourner, Novi, MI (US);
Charles Vitullo, Allen Park, MI (US);
Craig Edward Esler, Plymouth, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine, a driver interface having a first driver-activated selector, and a controller. The controller selectively operates the engine according to a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode the engine runs continuously. In the second mode the engine is turned off in response to a first set of operating conditions and turned on in response to a second set of operating conditions. The controller further, in response to a driver activation of the first selector, controls the engine according to the first mode and, in response to an anticipated end of a first vehicle acceleration event subsequent the driver activation of the first selector, controls the engine according to the second mode.