Patent · US Active

Predictive engine pull up and pull down in hybrid vehicle

US9415773B2 · kind B2 · utility

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2References

16Claims

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Rajit Johri · Ann Arbor, US
Mark Steven Yamazaki · Canton, US
Xiaoyong Wang · Sunnyvale, US
Wei Liang · Farmington Hills, US
Bernard D. Nefcy · Novi, US
Derek Timothy Taylor · Waterford, US
Robert Wright · Royal Oak, US
Ming Lang Kuang · Canton, US
Ryan Abraham McGee · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 14, 2014
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S903/93
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for controlling a hybrid vehicle having an engine configured to automatically stop in response to an engine stop request and automatically start in response to an engine start request include selectively inhibiting an engine stop request based on an anticipated duration of an expected decreased driver power command state to reduce occurrence of successive automatic stops and automatic starts.

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