Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for increasing engine braking
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Application No.: US15443286Application Date: 2017-02-27
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Publication No.: US10246096B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Javier Castellano
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent James Dottavio
- Priority: GB1603477.9 20160229
- Main IPC: B60W30/18
- IPC: B60W30/18 ; B60T1/06 ; B60T8/32 ; B60W40/076 ; B60W50/14 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W10/08 ; B60W10/10 ; B60W40/10

Abstract:
A method of increasing engine braking of an engine for a vehicle, the method including: determining the change in kinetic energy of the vehicle over a period; determining the energy output from a drivetrain of the vehicle over the period; comparing the change in kinetic energy to the energy output; and increasing the engine braking of the vehicle when the change in kinetic energy is greater than the energy output over the period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170247034A1 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING ENGINE BRAKING Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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