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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tony T. Hoang, Warren, MI (US);
Goro Tamai, Warren, MI (US);
Robert Charles Downs, La Jolla, CA (US);
Kenneth Robert Kridner, Holly, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 1/02 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling a powertrain for a hybrid vehicle, the method including providing an internal combustion engine, providing a motor generator operatively coupled to the internal combustion engine, providing an automatic transmission operatively coupled to the internal combustion engine, and actuating the motor generator to a certain speed to restart the vehicle.