Patents Examined by Maceeh Anwar
  • Hybrid-electric vehicle engine starting method and system
    Patent number: 9238458
    Abstract: A system or method for controlling an engine in a hybrid vehicle include cranking the engine subject to a first torque limit in response to an engine start request, receiving an engine rotational position signal, and cranking the engine subject to a second torque limit in response to the engine rotational position signal indicating a number of engine revolutions being less than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shunsuke Okubo, Jonathan Andrew Butcher