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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2009
Applicants:
Gerhard Eser, Hemau, DE;
Balaji Jayaraman, Coventry, GB;
Andreas Läufer, Regensburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a control method suitable for an internal combustion engine () of a motor vehicle with an automatic engine cut-off and starting system () by which the internal combustion engine () can be cut off and started independently from the driver of the motor vehicle, the starting of the internal combustion engine () is detected and a variable determined, which represents a measure for the work performed by the internal combustion engine () since it has been started. The cut-off of the internal combustion engine () is controlled by the automatic engine cut-off and starting system () according to the variable.