Celo method for vehicle

• US 8,485,249 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2007
• Issued: 07/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Sung, Nak Sup, Hur, Sang Ku
• Primary Examiner(s): CIRIC, LJILJANA V
• Application Number:
  US11/967,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20090101098A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,024 Days
• Field of Search: 165/202, 165/203, 165/204, 165/271, 165/51, 165/52, 165/41, 165/42, 165/43, 165/44
• US Class Current: 165/202
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00764 the input being a vehicle driving condition, e.g. speed B60H1/00828, B60H1/00864 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/00828 Ventilators, e.g. speed control B60H1/00864 takes precedence

Abstract

A cold engine lockout CELO method is carried out when cooling water of an engine is not sufficiently warmed upon the startup of a vehicle in the winter according to default levels, wherein the default levels are divided into a total default level, a partial default level and a control level according to inside and outside air temperatures.

Claims

1. A cold engine lockout method of carrying out an operation mode of cold engine lockout (CELO) of a vehicle according to a vehicle condition, comprising:

defining three levels of operation, a first level being a total default level, a second level being a partial default level and a third level being a control level according to an interior air temperature and an outside air temperature of the vehicle;

performing the cold engine lockout (CELO) in the total or partial default levels; and

performing the cold engine lockout (CELO) for a first predetermined time period when the vehicle is traveling faster than a reference speed and performing the cold engine lockout (CELO) for a second predetermined time period longer than the first predetermined time period when the vehicle is traveling slower than the reference speed.

2. The cold engine lockout method according to claim 1, further comprising:

performing the cold engine lockout (CELO) for a longer time when the outside air temperature is lower than the interior air temperature than when the outside air temperature is higher than the interior air temperature; and

performing the cold engine lockout (CELO) for a longer time for the partial default level than for the total default level when the outside air temperature and the interior air temperature are the same.

3. The cold engine lockout method according to claim 1, wherein the operation mode of the CELO comprises:

a defrosting mode at which a speed of a blower stays at a first predetermined speed;

a mixed operation mode, during which the speed of the blower is gradually increased for a predetermined time period with a predetermined slope; and

an auto mode at which the speed of the blower stays constant but higher than the first predetermined speed;

a mixed operation mode, during which a speed of the blower is gradually increased for a preheated time period with a predetermined slope.

4. The cold engine lockout method according to claim 1, wherein the three levels of operation are determined by comparing the outside air temperature and the interior air temperature;

wherein the partial default level is a level in which a value of an inside air temperature therein at a predetermined outside temperature is determined to be higher than or equal to a value of an inside air temperature at the predetermined outside air temperature in the total default level; and

wherein the control level is a level in which a value of an inside air temperature therein at the predetermined outside temperature is determined to be higher than or equal to the value of the inside air temperature in the partial default level.

5. The cold engine lockout method according to claim 1 or 4, wherein the reference speed ranges from 30 km/hr to 50 km/hr.