US 12,071,120 B2
Methods and system to prepare a disconnect clutch for starting an engine
Maruthi Thiruninravur Ravichandran, Dearborn, MI (US); Marin Assaliyski, Dearborn, MI (US); Akshay Bichkar, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Karthik Pillutla, Detroit, 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 Aug. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/450,583.
Application 18/450,583 is a division of application No. 17/547,121, filed on Dec. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,772,627.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391309 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 30/182 (2020.01)
CPC B60W 10/023 (2013.01) [B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 30/182 (2013.01); B60W 2510/06 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0604 (2013.01); B60W 2520/10 (2013.01); B60W 2530/13 (2021.08); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); B60W 2556/10 (2020.02); B60W 2710/021 (2013.01); B60W 2710/06 (2013.01); B60W 2710/0644 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for starting an engine, comprising:
starting an engine according to two or more thresholds installed in a vehicle at a time of manufacture of the vehicle, the two or more thresholds based on engine starting data compiled from a plurality of vehicles, the two or more thresholds based on an actual number of engine starts performed via a driveline disconnect clutch and a vehicle state.