Patents by Inventor Christopher Edward PEDLAR
Christopher Edward PEDLAR has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10569778Abstract: A vehicle having a manual transmission, adaptive cruise control, and an electric motor/generator includes electric creep and electric crawl modes that use the electric motor/generator to propel the vehicle when in traffic. Creep mode may be enabled and the engine stopped automatically when the transmission is in neutral and the vehicle is stationary. Crawl mode may be activated when the creep mode and the adaptive cruise control are enabled to use the electric motor/generator and adaptive cruise control to maintain a target distance to a forward vehicle. The creep mode may be canceled responsive to brake pedal activation. The creep mode and crawl mode may be canceled and the engine started responsive to clutch pedal or accelerator pedal activation. The creep mode and crawl mode may be deactivated responsive to battery charge level being below a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Christopher Edward Pedlar, Anthemios Philemon Petridis, David Hesketh
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Patent number: 10502174Abstract: A vehicle and associated method of operating a vehicle having an engine, a user interface configured to select a start-stop mode, and a controller communicating with the engine and the user interface automatically shutdown and restart the engine, and inhibit the automatic engine shutdown or restart responsive to any of a first group of inhibitors, or alternatively, any of the first group and a second group of inhibitors depending on the start-stop mode selected via the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Edward Pedlar, David Hesketh
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Patent number: 10293673Abstract: A system for providing electric creep in a manual transmission vehicle having an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and an engine uses an electric motor configured to provide creep torque to a transmission output shaft when the manual transmission is in neutral, the electric creep mode is activated and the engine is auto-stopped. The system may provide forward or reverse creep torque. The system may cancel the electric creep in response to a vehicle door opening, a driver unbuckling a seatbelt, or depressing the accelerator pedal or the clutch pedal, or shifting the manual transmission out of neutral.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Edward Pedlar, David Hesketh
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Patent number: 10221822Abstract: A vehicle and method of controlling a vehicle having an engine and braking system having an associated braking pressure include stopping the engine responsive to the brake pressure being above a first threshold, restarting the engine responsive to the brake pressure falling below a second threshold, reducing the second threshold for a predetermined time after the vehicle speed falls below a speed threshold, and resetting the second threshold after the predetermined time. The predetermined time may be modified based on input from a user interface or a user-selected vehicle operating mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Christopher Edward Pedlar, David Hesketh, Gary David Paisley, Dilli Raj Poudel
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Publication number: 20180274510Abstract: A vehicle and associated method of operating a vehicle having an engine, a user interface configured to select a start-stop mode, and a controller communicating with the engine and the user interface automatically shutdown and restart the engine, and inhibit the automatic engine shutdown or restart responsive to any of a first group of inhibitors, or alternatively, any of the first group and a second group of inhibitors depending on the start-stop mode selected via the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Christopher Edward PEDLAR, David HESKETH
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Patent number: 10072625Abstract: A vehicle start-stop system includes an engine and a controller. The controller is programmed to operate the system in a first mode when a first input is selected, and in a second mode when a second input is selected. The controller is further programmed to inhibit engine stop in response to being in the first mode and an evaporator temperature having a first value, and stop the engine in response to being in the second mode and the evaporator temperature having the first value.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David Hesketh, Themi Philemon Petridis, Ian Halleron, Christopher Edward Pedlar
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Publication number: 20180156178Abstract: A vehicle and method of controlling a vehicle having an engine and braking system having an associated braking pressure include stopping the engine responsive to the brake pressure being above a first threshold, restarting the engine responsive to the brake pressure falling below a second threshold, reducing the second threshold for a predetermined time after the vehicle speed falls below a speed threshold, and resetting the second threshold after the predetermined time. The predetermined time may be modified based on input from a user interface or a user-selected vehicle operating mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: June 7, 2018Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Christopher Edward PEDLAR, David HESKETH, Gary David PAISLEY, Dilli Raj POUDEL
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Publication number: 20180099673Abstract: A vehicle having a manual transmission, adaptive cruise control, and an electric motor/generator includes electric creep and electric crawl modes that use the electric motor/generator to propel the vehicle when in traffic. Creep mode may be enabled and the engine stopped automatically when the transmission is in neutral and the vehicle is stationary. Crawl mode may be activated when the creep mode and the adaptive cruise control are enabled to use the electric motor/generator and adaptive cruise control to maintain a target distance to a forward vehicle. The creep mode may be canceled responsive to brake pedal activation. The creep mode and crawl mode may be canceled and the engine started responsive to clutch pedal or accelerator pedal activation. The creep mode and crawl mode may be deactivated responsive to battery charge level being below a threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Christopher Edward PEDLAR, Anthemios Philemon PETRIDIS, David HESKETH
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Publication number: 20170260954Abstract: A vehicle start-stop system includes an engine and a controller. The controller is programmed to operate the system in a first mode when a first input is selected, and in a second mode when a second input is selected. The controller is further programmed to inhibit engine stop in response to being in the first mode and an evaporator temperature having a first value, and stop the engine in response to being in the second mode and the evaporator temperature having the first value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: David HESKETH, Themi Philemon PETRIDIS, Ian HALLERON, Christopher Edward PEDLAR
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Publication number: 20170072943Abstract: A system for providing electric creep in a manual transmission vehicle having an accelerator pedal, a brake pedal, and an engine uses an electric motor configured to provide creep torque to a transmission output shaft when the manual transmission is in neutral, the electric creep mode is activated and the engine is auto-stopped. The system may provide forward or reverse creep torque. The system may cancel the electric creep in response to a vehicle door opening, a driver unbuckling a seatbelt, or depressing the accelerator pedal or the clutch pedal, or shifting the manual transmission out of neutral.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Christopher Edward PEDLAR, David HESKETH
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Publication number: 20140309910Abstract: A method of controlling an engine of a stop-start enabled motor vehicle is disclosed in which the conditions used to determine whether to stop or start the engine are changed based upon whether maximum driver comfort or maximum fuel economy are requested by a driver of the motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: David HESKETH, Themi Philemon PETRIDIS, Ian HALLERON, Christopher Edward PEDLAR