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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2011
Martin Schramme, Königsbrunn, DE;
Horst Gering, Regensburg, DE;
Wolfgang Weigert, Tegernheim, DE;
Matthias Münch, Köfering, DE;
Thomas Klement, Regensburg, DE;
Hans-michael Graf, Regensburg, DE;
Reinhard Tendler, Grossberg, DE;
Oliver Friedrichsohn, Regensburg, DE;
Martin Schramme, Königsbrunn, DE;
Horst Gering, Regensburg, DE;
Wolfgang Weigert, Tegernheim, DE;
Matthias Münch, Köfering, DE;
Thomas Klement, Regensburg, DE;
Hans-Michael Graf, Regensburg, DE;
Reinhard Tendler, Grossberg, DE;
Oliver Friedrichsohn, Regensburg, DE;
Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
A method for determining the starting capability of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, which can be started by an electric motor powered by a battery, including detecting first battery parameter values during a successful starting sequence of the internal combustion engine at a first time, detecting second battery parameter values at a second time following the first time, determining at the second time the expected battery voltage for a starting sequence of the internal combustion engine taking place at a third time based on the detected first and second battery parameter values, and comparing the battery voltage expected at the third time with a predetermined threshold value in order to derive therefrom the starting capability of the internal combustion engine.