Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatic engine start-stop control during driver exit events
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Application No.: US15292471Application Date: 2016-10-13
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Publication No.: US10266178B2Publication Date: 2019-04-23
- Inventor: Hafiz Shafeek Khafagy , Eric Michael Rademacher , Ahmed Awadi , Hank L. Kwong , Giuseppe Domenico Suffredini
- 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 David B. Kelley
- Main IPC: B60W30/18
- IPC: B60W30/18 ; B60W10/06 ; B60W10/18 ; F02D41/04 ; F02D41/06 ; F02N11/08

Abstract:
A vehicle includes an engine and a controller programmed to autostop and autostart the engine. The controller is further programmed to, in response to receiving signals indicative of a driver exiting the vehicle while the engine is auto stopped, autostart the engine, and after expiration of a predetermined duration, autostop the engine and inhibit vehicle propulsion until an ignition cycle is initiated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180105178A1 AUTOMATIC ENGINE START-STOP CONTROL DURING DRIVER EXIT EVENTS Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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