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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2004
Applicants:
Winfried Langer, Illingen, DE;
Georg Mallebrein, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Matthew Dorfman, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Winfried Langer, Illingen, DE;
Georg Mallebrein, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Matthew Dorfman, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 10/04 (2006.01); B60W 10/10 (2006.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a method and a device for operating a drive unit, e.g., of a vehicle, to provide improved diagnosis of a state of a power transmission unit, the power transmission unit in the engaged state transmits an output power of an engine to a drive train, the state of the power transmission unit being detected. The state of the power transmission unit is diagnosed as a function of an output quantity of the engine.