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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 ;
Abstract
A system (,) for an automotive vehicle (,) has an internal combustion engine (,) having a crankshaft (,) and a starter/alternator (,) coupled to the crankshaft (,). A transmission (,) is coupled to the starter/alternator (,). A gear position sensor (,) coupled to the transmission (,) generates a gear change signal. A controller (,) is coupled to the starter/alternator (,) and the gear position sensor (,) and receives the gear change signal. The controller (,) initiates the operation of the starter/alternator (,) as a motor to provide a predetermined torque.