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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy, Dearborn, MI (US);
Brandon David Lint, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Tim John Kropf, Westland, MI (US);
William Rey Patterson, Jr., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Edward Katynski, Northville, MI (US);
Richard Reynolds Hathaway, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 20/50 (2016.01); B60W 30/18 (2012.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/50 (2013.01); B60W 30/18018 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01); F02D 41/065 (2013.01); F02D 41/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An exemplary pump condition response method includes, in response to a pump condition, operating an engine to discontinue or prevent a first stop-start cycle during a drive cycle. The method permitting a second stop-start cycle during the drive cycle.