System and method for controlling an automatic stop-start engine system in an automotive vehicle having an electric parking brake
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsEric Michael Rademacher, Kirk Pebley, Karl-Peter Hesseler, David Anthony Symanow, Donna L. Bell
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling an automatic stop-start system of an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The system monitors the status of the parking brake to determine if the parking brake is in a state of transition between an applied state and a released state (in either direction). If the parking brake is in a state of transition, then the automatic re-starting of the engine is inhibited until the parking brake is no longer in a state of transition.
Claims12
A method for controlling an automatic stop-start system of an automotive vehicle having an engine and an electrically-actuated parking brake, comprising:
- monitoring the parking brake to determine whether the parking brake is in a state of transition between an applied state and a released state;
- and
- inhibiting the automatic re-starting of the engine until a time when the parking brake is not in a state of transition.
A system for controlling an automatic stop-start system of an automotive vehicle, comprising:
- an engine configured to be automatically stopped and started in response to a control signal from an electronic controller;
- an electrically-actuated parking brake configured to be selectively applied and released in response to a control signal from said electronic controller;
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- wherein said electronic controller is configured to receive information indicative of the status of the parking brake, and, in response to said status information, inhibit the re-starting of the engine until said parking brake is not in a state of transition between an applied state and a released state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.