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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Alex O'Connor Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Allan Roy Gale, Livonia, MI (US);
John Anthony DeMarco, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Robert Michael Grant, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/20 (2006.01); B60W 10/30 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 6/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/20 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/30 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 30/18018 (2013.01); B62D 5/0463 (2013.01); B62D 5/0475 (2013.01); B62D 5/0481 (2013.01); B62D 6/08 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0638 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0666 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0677 (2013.01); B60W 2710/202 (2013.01); B60W 2710/305 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for supplying power to an electrically assisted steering system is described. In one example, the method adjusts alternator field current to increase energy supplied to the electrically assisted steering system in response to an automatic engine stop request. The method may improve operation of the electrically assisted steering system.