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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2011
Urs Christen, Aachen, DE;
Rainer Busch, Aachen, DE;
Daniel B. Kok, Billericay, GB;
Anthemios P. Petridis, Epping, GB;
David Hesketh, Ingatestone, GB;
Christopher E. Pedlar, Chelmsford, GB;
Peter G. Wilson, Saffron Walden, GB;
Urs Christen, Aachen, DE;
Rainer Busch, Aachen, DE;
Daniel B. Kok, Billericay, GB;
Anthemios P. Petridis, Epping, GB;
David Hesketh, Ingatestone, GB;
Christopher E. Pedlar, Chelmsford, GB;
Peter G. Wilson, Saffron Walden, GB;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method for automatic restarting a temporarily shut-down internal combustion engine with automatic stop-start in a motor vehicle with manual gear shift on the basis of conditions including the current actuation states of clutch and brake includes determining a current actuation state of a clutch and a wheel brake, and, if the brake has been actuated within a preset period before any actuation of the clutch, starting the engine when the clutch is fully actuated and the brake is released.