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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2010
Patrick K. Holub, Novi, MI (US);
John R. Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Steven Y. Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
George F. Macdonald, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Johannes Huennekens, Ocean Grove, AU;
Graham Mace, Basildon, GB;
Patrick K. Holub, Novi, MI (US);
John R. Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Steven Y. Schondorf, Dearborn, MI (US);
George F. MacDonald, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Johannes Huennekens, Ocean Grove, AU;
Graham Mace, Basildon, GB;
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for an electronic override of the brake shift interlock in a motor vehicle can provide for the vehicle to be manually pushed while it is parked without keys. A timed window is initiated upon detection of a parked state of the vehicle with its transmission in a park position and ignition key removable or removed. Selection of an out-of-park position is inhibited. The invention monitors activation of the brake pedal during the timed window. Override of the brake shift interlock is enabled while the brake pedal is activated during the timed window, thereby allowing selection of an out-of-park shifter position. The timed window ends after a predetermined time or event (e.g., after the driver's door is opened) to inhibit any further shifter movement from the park position until the next ignition key-cycle.