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Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 30, 2007
Applicants:

Markus Göhring, Nufringen, DE;

Marco Fleckner, Leonberg, DE;

Nils Sauvlet, Bad Essen, DE;

Dieter Kraxner, Wurmberg, DE;

Inventors:

Markus Göhring, Nufringen, DE;

Marco Fleckner, Leonberg, DE;

Nils Sauvlet, Bad Essen, DE;

Dieter Kraxner, Wurmberg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A drivetrain of a motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, a transmission, and a torque converter with a converter bypass clutch. The drivetrain is controlled such that, during an electric operating mode in which the internal combustion engine is deactivated and the electric motor is activated, and/or during a recuperation operating mode in which the internal combustion engine is deactivated and the electric motor is operated as a generator, the converter bypass clutch is permanently closed, at least between shift processes of the transmission, in order to bypass the torque converter.


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