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Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine

US6457454B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 22, 2000
Grant dateOct 1, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 9, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/40
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine for a road vehicle having an automatic transmission, it being detected if the road vehicle is rolling back while forward gear is engaged, and the ignition angle of the internal combustion engine being changed to increase the torque of the internal combustion engine when back-rolling is detected while forward gear is engaged.

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