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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Acuna, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Anthony Dwayne Cooprider, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Karl William Wojcik, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
James Michael Weinfurther, Farmington, MI (US);
David James Tippy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Barb LeMaigre, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60K 31/00 (2013.01); B60K 31/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a processing device programmed to determine an ignition state and a vehicle speed. The processing device powers at least one vehicle subsystem if the ignition state is off and the vehicle speed is above a predetermined threshold. The processing device may disable the vehicle subsystem when the vehicle speed falls below the predetermined threshold.