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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Jörg Rieling, Braunschweig, DE;
Andreas Boy, Wolfsburg, DE;
Marko Wollenberg, Cremlingen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2006.01); B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60K 6/547 (2007.10); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60K 28/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 2540/16 (2013.01); Y02T 10/54 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6221 (2013.01); B60W 2540/12 (2013.01); B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/547 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60L 2240/486 (2013.01); Y02T 10/6286 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60K 28/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method and an apparatus () for operating a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine () and an electric motor (), the internal combustion engine () is started automatically in a readiness to drive mode of the hybrid vehicle () as soon as it is no longer detected reliably that the driver is present.