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US 2015/0148192 A1Published application
Methods and systems for a stop/start engine
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPeter Mitchell Lyon, Andrew Clement Dame, Peter Douglas Kuechler, Alan Robert Dona
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Abstract
Systems and methods for improving operation of a vehicle are presented. In one example, automatic engine stopping is inhibited in response to a driver communicating a desire to not automatically stop an engine. The driver communicates intentions to allow or inhibit automatic engine stopping via a brake pedal.
Claims20
A method for operating an engine, comprising:
- inhibiting automatic engine stopping in response to a secondary application of vehicle brakes following an initial application of vehicle brakes, the secondary application of vehicle brakes occurring after the initial application of vehicle brakes and without vehicle brakes being fully released.
A method for operating an engine, comprising:
- inhibiting automatic engine stopping in response to a secondary application of vehicle brakes following an initial application of vehicle brakes, the secondary application of vehicle brakes occurring after the initial application of vehicle brakes and without vehicle brakes being fully released;
- and
- automatically restarting the engine in response to the secondary application of vehicle brakes.
A vehicle system, comprising:
- an engine;
- a brake pedal;
- and
- a controller including non-transitory instructions executable to inhibit automatic stopping of the engine in response to a driver applying the brake pedal a plurality of times without fully releasing the brake pedal once the brake pedal is applied during a vehicle stop.
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