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Method for operating a vehicle

US9175660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Uwe Gussen · Nideggen, DE
Frederic Stefan · Aachen, DE
Thomas Rambow · Aachen, DE
Goetz-Philipp Wegner · Dortmund, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 5, 2014
Grant date	Nov 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 5, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S903/902
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a vehicle system is provided. The method includes activating a starter-generator rotationally coupled to a crankshaft output in an internal combustion engine while combustion operation in the internal combustion engine is inhibited, operating the starter-generator to drive the crankshaft in a predetermined speed range while combustion operation in the internal combustion engine is inhibited, and activating combustion operation in a cylinder of the internal combustion engine in response to a combustion activation trigger.

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