Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.

Ryuu Kai

Kenichi Machida

Akira Nishioka

Yoshiaki Nagasawa

Hiroyasu Kuniyoshi

There is provided an idle stop system that can more quickly restart with small noise in conducting idle stop. In preparation for a restart request during an engine inertial rotation, after a motor is rotated in a state where a starter motor is not coupled to the engine, a pinion is engaged with a ring gear during the motor is subjected to inertial rotation like the engine. In this situation, the rotational speed including future pulsation of the engine is estimated with the use of information on the crank angle, and a pinion pushing timing is controlled so that the pinion and the ring gear contact each other with a given rotational speed difference taking a delay time of a pinion pushing unit into consideration.

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Hitachinaka, Japan

Ryuu Kai