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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2018
Applicant:
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 6/26 (2007.10); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 30/192 (2012.01); B60K 6/387 (2007.10); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 30/192 (2013.01); B60K 6/26 (2013.01); B60K 6/387 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60W 10/026 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60K 2006/4825 (2013.01); B60W 2510/0283 (2013.01); B60W 2510/081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a hybrid drive train of a motor vehicle includes: starting the motor vehicle solely with the aid of an electric machine; engaging a torque converter lockup clutch for rotationally fixing an impeller of a torque converter to a turbine wheel of the torque converter, wherein the turbine wheel is rotationally fixed to the electric machine; and engaging a clutch in order to drivingly connect the impeller to a motor vehicle drive unit, in order to start the motor vehicle drive unit.