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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
William Samuel Schwartz, Pleasant Ridge, MI (US);
David Richens Brigham, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark John Jennings, Saline, MI (US);
Quazi Hussain, Holland, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 5/02 (2006.01); B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F01M 5/00 (2006.01); B60H 1/20 (2006.01); B60W 50/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 5/02 (2013.01); B60H 1/00764 (2013.01); B60H 1/00885 (2013.01); F01M 5/001 (2013.01); F01M 5/005 (2013.01); F01M 5/007 (2013.01); B60H 1/20 (2013.01); B60W 2050/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a powertrain having an engine and at least one controller. The controller is programmed to selectively heat at least one of a plurality of components of the powertrain with a given amount of waste heat based on an expected decrease in friction power associated with an expected increase in temperature from the given amount of waste heat for each of the components.