System and method for controlling a stop-start system for a vehicle engine
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSangeetha Sangameswaran, Mathew Alan Boesch, Scott R. Caudill, Mark Douglas Malone
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling a start-stop system for an engine in a vehicle includes automatically stopping the engine with a transmission gear lever of the vehicle in DRIVE. The engine is automatically restarted when the vehicle is shifted out of DRIVE and at least one condition is met. The at least one condition includes a final position of the gear lever. Automatic restarting of the engine is suppressed when the vehicle is shifted out of DRIVE and at least one other condition is met; the at least one other condition also including a final position of the gear lever.
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A method for controlling a start-stop system for an engine in a vehicle, comprising:
- automatically restarting the engine under at least one condition that includes a final position of a transmission gear lever, and suppressing automatic restarting of the engine under at least one other condition that includes the final position of the gear lever, when the engine has been autostopped with the vehicle in DRIVE and the gear lever is shifted out of DRIVE.
A method for controlling a start-stop system for an engine in a vehicle, comprising:
- autostopping the engine with a transmission gear lever of the vehicle in DRIVE;
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- autostarting the engine based on at least one condition including a final position of the gear lever, and suppressing autostarting of the engine based on at least one other condition including a final position of the gear lever, when the vehicle is shifted out of DRIVE.
A control system for controlling a start-stop system for an engine in a vehicle, comprising:
- a controller configured to autostart the engine under at least one condition including a final position of a transmission gear lever, and suppress engine autostart under at least one other condition including the final position of the gear lever, when the engine has been autostopped with the vehicle in DRIVE and the gear lever is shifted out of DRIVE.
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