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Method and device for controlling an internal combustion engine with an automatic engine cut-off and starting system

US8596248B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Eser · Munich, DE
Balaji Jayaraman · Coventry, GB
Andreas Läufer · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 20, 2009
Grant date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2030

Classification

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

Abstract

In a control method suitable for an internal combustion engine (1) of a motor vehicle with an automatic engine cut-off and starting system (33) by which the internal combustion engine (1) can be cut off and started independently from the driver of the motor vehicle, the starting of the internal combustion engine (1) is detected and a variable determined, which represents a measure for the work performed by the internal combustion engine (1) since it has been started. The cut-off of the internal combustion engine (1) is controlled by the automatic engine cut-off and starting system (33) according to the variable.

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