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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Roland Mair, Tettnang, DE;
Florian Schneider, Lindenberg, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/52 (2006.01); F02D 23/00 (2006.01); G06Q 50/22 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 59/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of initializing the mass of a motor vehicle, in particular when the motor vehicle is re-started or when it is at rest, for the control of a starting process of the motor vehicle. From measured and/or calculated operating parameters of the motor vehicle, an operating situation of the motor vehicle is determined and, on the basis of the operating situation determined and as a function of operating situation dependent loading and/or unloading patterns, the mass of the motor vehicle is initialized.