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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Continental Automotive Gmbh, Hannover, DE;
Inventors:
Tobias Huber, Sinzing, DE;
Hans-Walter Woerz, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH, Hanover, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02D 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0837 (2013.01); F02D 29/02 (2013.01); F02N 2200/125 (2013.01); F02N 2300/2006 (2013.01); Y02T 10/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for preparing a start/stop system of a motor vehicle drive for a future driveaway process may include determining a future change time of a traffic light signal emitter from red light to green light; and automatically starting an internal combustion engine of the motor vehicle drive at a start time which comes before the future change time by a predetermined duration.