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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
May. 26, 2011
Applicants:
Martin Gentile, Ruesselsheim-Koenigstaedten, DE;
Gernot Becker, Mainz, DE;
Thomas Stock, Nauheim, DE;
Inventors:
Martin Gentile, Ruesselsheim-Koenigstaedten, DE;
Gernot Becker, Mainz, DE;
Thomas Stock, Nauheim, DE;
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 23/00 (2006.01); F02B 33/44 (2006.01); F02B 37/22 (2006.01); F02B 37/12 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 37/22 (2013.01); F02B 2037/122 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor vehicle is provided having a combustion engine, an automatic transmission, a turbocharger with variable geometry pre-compressing combustion air for the combustion engine and a turbocharger control unit for varying the turbocharger geometry, the turbocharger control unit is equipped before a downshifting of the automatic transmission to vary the geometry in the turbocharger in the direction of a reduction of the rotational speed of the turbocharger.