Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electric engine accessory control
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Application No.: US17247341Application Date: 2020-12-08
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Publication No.: US11529941B2Publication Date: 2022-12-20
- Inventor: Martin T. Books , Mahesh Madurai Kumar , Robert Dziuba , Praveen Chitradurga Muralidhar , Jeffrey S. Rauch , Joseph E. Paquette
- Applicant: Cummins Inc.
- Applicant Address: US IN Columbus
- Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cummins Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IN Columbus
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: B60W10/30
- IPC: B60W10/30 ; B60W30/18 ; B60R16/023 ; B60K6/448 ; B60K1/00

Abstract:
A method of controlling a vehicle accessory includes determining a transmission of a vehicle is in a non-park setting; in response to determining the transmission of the vehicle is in the non-park setting, receiving speed data indicative of a speed of the vehicle; determining a speed to operate the vehicle accessory based on the vehicle speed; comparing the determined speed to operate the vehicle accessory to a speed threshold; and in response to determining that the determined speed is below the speed threshold, providing a command to the vehicle accessory to one of deactivate the vehicle accessory or operate the vehicle accessory at a reduced operating state relative to a current operating state of the vehicle accessory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210086745A1 ELECTRIC ENGINE ACCESSORY CONTROL Public/Granted day:2021-03-25
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