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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Voyomotive, Llc, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Inventors:
Peter Yorke, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Vogt, IV, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Adam Sloan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Voyomotive, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); B60T 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0822 (2013.01); B60T 7/042 (2013.01); F02N 2200/102 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention provides a computer implemented method which allows the driver to request engine shut down and engine and restarts the engine of a motor vehicle by changing driver brake pedal force, that is, the force which the driver applies to the brake pedal, after the vehicle has stopped. After the vehicle has stopped, changes in the driver brake pedal force are compared to threshold values to determine if the driver is requesting an engine stop or an engine start.