US 12,448,929 B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems including engine high-speed starting capability
David B. Snyder, Greenwood, IN (US); and Ming-Feng Hsieh, Nashville, IN (US)
Assigned to Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
Appl. No. 18/729,201
Filed by Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 13, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/060603
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/147226, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 3, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/267,318, filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0109716 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. G06G 7/70 (2006.01); F01L 13/08 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01)
CPC F02D 41/062 (2013.01) [F01L 13/08 (2013.01); F02N 11/0851 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating a vehicle including an engine, the method comprising:
operating an electronic control system to perform acts of:
suspending operation of the engine during operation of the vehicle including stopping fueling of the engine,
accelerating the engine to a high-speed starting speed with fueling of the engine stopped and a cylinder decompression mechanism activated, the high-speed starting speed being greater than an idle speed of the engine, and
resuming operation of the engine including deactivating the cylinder decompression mechanism at the high-speed starting speed and thereafter restarting fueling of the engine.