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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Russell William Ferguson, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Joel John Beltramo, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ross Dykstra Pursifull, Dearborn, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 31/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/40 (2006.01); F02B 9/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/08 (2006.01); F02D 41/10 (2006.01); F02D 41/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/401 (2013.01); F02B 9/02 (2013.01); F02D 41/0215 (2013.01); F02D 41/08 (2013.01); F02D 41/107 (2013.01); F02D 41/26 (2013.01); F02D 2200/602 (2013.01); F02D 2200/703 (2013.01); F02D 2250/41 (2013.01); F02D 2400/12 (2013.01); Y02T 10/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for improving vacuum generation for a diesel powered vehicle that includes a mechanically engine driven vacuum pump are presented. In one non-limiting example, engine idle speed may be increased in response to a number of braking events and/or a request for vacuum based on an amount of stored vacuum.