Engine restart strategy
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRyan Abraham MCGEE, Ihab S. SOLIMAN, Xiaoyong WANG
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Abstract
A method of controlling a vehicle, where the vehicle includes an internal combustion engine and a transmission having a neutral state and an engaged state, includes setting the state of the transmission. The state of the transmission is set as the neutral state or the engaged state based on a restart condition, where the restart condition is one of: (i) a no wheel torque restart condition, and (ii) a wheel torque restart condition. The method additionally includes starting the engine.
Claims20
A method of controlling a vehicle including an internal combustion engine and a transmission having a neutral state and an engaged state, the method comprising:
- setting the state of the transmission as the neutral state or the engaged state based on a restart condition, the restart condition being one of:
- (i) a no wheel torque restart condition, and (ii) a wheel torque restart condition;
- and
- starting the engine.
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A method of starting a vehicle engine comprising:
- setting a transmission state based on a restart condition, the restart condition being one of:
- (i) a restart condition corresponding with a system condition which demands engine power without demanding wheel torque, and (ii) a restart condition corresponding with a driver torque request;
- and
- starting the engine.
A method of controlling a vehicle having an engine and a transmission with a neutral state and an engaged state, the method comprising:
- selectively shifting the transmission into the neutral state or the engaged state in response to a restart condition corresponding to one of:
- (i) a no wheel torque restart condition, and (ii) a wheel torque restart condition;
- and
- starting the engine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.