US 12,233,849 B2
System and method for controlling engine starting devices
Maruthi Ravichandran, Dearborn, MI (US); Marin Assaliyski, Dearborn, MI (US); Nicholas D. Moore, Dearborn, MI (US); Calvin Trescott, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Naginder Gogna, Northville, MI (US); and Rajit Johri, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/662,172.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356709 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 20/40 (2016.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC B60W 20/40 (2013.01) [B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); F02N 11/0851 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0275 (2013.01); B60W 2510/1005 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); F02N 2200/0802 (2013.01); F02N 2200/101 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating a vehicle, comprising:
via a controller, scheduling an internal combustion engine of the vehicle to be started via closing a driveline disconnect clutch;
via the controller, increasing a line pressure supplied to the driveline disconnect clutch and delaying starting of the internal combustion engine via closing the driveline disconnect clutch while the line pressure is less than a threshold pressure, a driver demand pedal is not applied, and a gear selector is in a gear engagement position; and
via the controller, cancelling starting of the internal combustion engine via the driveline disconnect clutch in response to the driver demand pedal being applied and the gear selector being in the gear engagement position.