Volkswagen Ag

Continental Automotive Gmbh

Peter Michau

Vasoontara Thiamtong

Norbert Weiss

Martin Lankes

Grit Freiwald

Christian Piasecki

Thomas Hirsch

Juri Hopfauf

Thomas Meier

Mi Li

Jan Franz-Moritz Voswinckel

Masamichi Kijima

A method to detect whether combustion is taking place in an internal combustion engine of a hybrid vehicle during operation of the hybrid vehicle, whereby a decoupler is provided between the internal combustion engine and an electric machine that serves to power the hybrid vehicle, comprising opening the decoupler between the internal combustion engine and the electric machine, receiving a speed signal when the decoupler is open, said signal indicating a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine when the decoupler is open, and determining, on the basis of the speed signal when the decoupler is open, whether combustion is taking place in the internal combustion engine. The present invention also relates to a control device to carry out the method according to the invention.

Method and control device for detecting, during the operation of a hybrid vehicle, whether combustion is taking place in an internal combustion engine of the hybrid vehicle

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Braunschweig, Germany

Peter Michau