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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Robert Erhart, Ditzingen, DE;
Manfred Hellmann, Hardthof, DE;
Inventors:
Robert Erhart, Ditzingen, DE;
Manfred Hellmann, Hardthof, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method for regulating the vehicle speed and the engine speed in a motor vehicle having a manually shifted transmission, if the driver actuates the clutch during ongoing speed regulation, an upshift probability is calculated for the possibility that the driver will select the next higher gear step as a target gear and, when the clutch is actuated, the engine speed is regulated according to a time-dependent function selected on the basis of the upshift probability and the target gear, and the speed regulation is resumed after the release of the clutch.