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US 2017/0254309 A1Published application
System and method for controlling a stop-start vehicle after jump start or battery replacement
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHafiz Shafeek KHAFAGY, Hanyang B. CHEN, David W. LINDEN, Michael J. IRBY, Karen PRICE
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Abstract
A stop-start vehicle and a method of controlling a stop-start vehicle include a controller configured to, in response to a power-reset event, inhibit an engine auto-stop function. The controller is additionally configured to, in response to a successful key start event subsequent the power-reset event, cease the inhibiting of the engine auto-stop function.
Claims16
A method of controlling a stop-start vehicle comprising:
- in response to a power-reset event, inhibiting an engine auto-stop function;
- and
- in response to a successful key start event subsequent the power-reset event, ceasing the inhibiting of the engine auto-stop function.
A vehicle comprising:
- an engine configured to automatically stop in response to an auto-stop request and automatically start in response to an auto-start request;
- and
- a controller configured to selectively issue auto-stop and auto-start requests to the engine, the controller being further configured to, in response to a power-reset event, discontinue issuance of auto-stop requests and, in response to a successful key-start event subsequent the power-reset event, resume issuance of auto-stop requests.
A stop-start control system for a vehicle comprising:
- a controller configured to selectively control an engine according to a first mode in which stop-start is available and a second mode in which stop-start is unavailable, the controller being further configured to, in response to a power-reset event, control the engine in the second mode and, in response to a successful key-start event subsequent the power-reset event, control the engine in the first mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.