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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Harald Stoffels, Cologne, DE;
Christian Hofmann, Pulheim, DE;
Stefan Quiring, Leverkusen, DE;
Moritz Klaus Springer, Hagen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/387 (2007.10); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/115 (2012.01); F16H 3/72 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01); F02B 63/04 (2006.01); F02D 41/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/387 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/115 (2013.01); F02B 63/044 (2013.01); F02D 41/0215 (2013.01); F16H 3/728 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); B60W 2510/244 (2013.01); B60W 2540/10 (2013.01); F02D 41/042 (2013.01);
Abstract
The description relates to a method for operating a drive unit comprising an internal combustion engine, which is at least drive-connectable to an electric machine which delivers power to a drive train or receives power, and comprising at least one automatically actuable clutch, wherein the electric machine is at least drive-connectable to a manually shiftable transmission of the drive train, the manually shiftable transmission is shiftable without actuation of a clutch.