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Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Willibald Birzl

Thomas Pels

Klaus-Peter Zeyen

Michael Thomas Maurer

Ullrich Masberg

Rahim Pour

Matthias Herger

Wolfgang Wall

A process to be performed when starting the engine of a vehicle with an automated or automatic transmission and a vehicle brake which can be operated by way of external power is provided. In order to secure the vehicle against rolling away without any impairment of the operating comfort, situations are detected which express the imminent starting of the engine. The vehicle brake, particularly the service brake, is operated by way of external power before the starting of the engine for securely blocking the vehicle.

Process when starting the engine of a vehicle

An electric machine with a stator and a rotor arranged in the drive train of a drive unit is disclosed. A vibration insulation device is incorporated in the rotor of the electric machine. The electric machine can function as a starter/generator, a generator vehicle brake, an auxiliary drive and/or an active vibration damper.

Electric machine for dampening vibrations in a drive train and method of using the same

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Karlshuld, Germany

Willibald Birzl