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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Sangeetha Sangameswaran, Canton, MI (US);
Mathew Alan Boesch, Plymouth, MI (US);
George Edmund Walley, Novi, MI (US);
John Anthony Lockwood, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 45/00 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 45/00 (2013.01); F02N 11/0822 (2013.01); F02N 11/0837 (2013.01); F02N 2200/104 (2013.01); F02N 2200/125 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
An engine of a stop/start vehicle, after the engine has been automatically stopped, may be commanded to automatically restart in response to detecting that the vehicle is in a turn lane based on traffic data in a vicinity of the vehicle such that the engine is automatically restarted before a brake pedal is released and a steering wheel is turned.