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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hanyang Chen, Canton, MI (US);
Gjergji Shaska, Novi, MI (US);
Ahmed Awadi, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John T. Bremmer, Sr., Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A controller may be configured to respond to an engine start condition that occurs while an SOC of the battery is within a first predetermined range by running an engine until first occurrence of the start condition ceasing or the SOC achieving a target. The controller may further be configured to respond to an engine start condition that occurs while the SOC is within a second predetermined range less than the first by running the engine until the SOC achieves the target.