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US 2010/0138106 A1Published application
Method to ignore odometer accumulation while in pto mode
OwnerWilliam W. Bowen, Marleen F. Thompsoninventors
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Abstract
A method to operate a vehicle having a parking brake, an odometer, and a powertrain including an engine with an electronic control unit in communication with a transmission.
Claims6
A method to operate a vehicle having a parking brake, an odometer, and a powertrain including an engine with an electronic control unit in communication with a transmission, comprising:
- determining whether said vehicle is operating in power take off mode;
- determining whether said parking brake is engaged, and
- disengaging an odometer accumulation function.
A method to reduce taxes paid on vehicle operation, said vehicle including a parking brake, an odometer, an engine with an electronic control unit with memory in communication with said parking brake and said odometer, and a transmission, said method comprising:
- determining whether said vehicle is operating in power take off mode;
- determining whether said parking brake is engaged disengaging said odometer accumulation;
- logging said event in memory of electronic control unit for download.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.