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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Chad Everette Griffin, Pinckney, MI (US);
Hank L. Kwong, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Ahmed Awadi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Richard John Hippley, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/00 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/182 (2013.01); B60W 2510/101 (2013.01); B60W 2510/18 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/186 (2013.01);
Abstract
A start-stop vehicle includes an engine configured to automatically stop and start during travel. The vehicle further includes a gear lever, a brake pedal, and a controller. The controller is programmed to restart the engine or inhibit restarting of the engine depending upon one or more sets of conditions of the vehicle. A method is also present for operating the vehicle based upon the one or more sets of conditions.