Patent ID: 9175633
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: B60K,B60W,F02D,F02N,Y02T

Abstract:
1. An engine starting method for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle having an internal combustion engine and having at least one electric motor as a drive motor, wherein the internal combustion engine and the electric motor are arranged on a common shaft, wherein the internal combustion engine and/or the electric motor can introduce torque into a transmission arranged downstream in the drivetrain, and a separating clutch is provided between the internal combustion engine and the electric motor, having the steps: a. increasing the torque of the electric motor, b. increasing the rotational speed of the electric motor and setting slip conditions at least one clutch of the downstream transmission, c. engaging the separating clutch to a transmissible torque greater than a reserve torque of the electric motor and no greater than a maximum transmissible torque, thereby decreasing the rotational speed of the electric motor and increasing a rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, d. reducing the transmissible torque of the separating clutch while maintaining the rotational speed of the electric motor constant when the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine has at least substantially reached the ignition rotational speed, e. starting the internal combustion engine, disengaging the separating clutch, and ending the slip conditions of the at least one clutch of the downstream transmission, f. ending the increase of the torque of the electric motor when starting the internal combustion engine, and g. closing the separating clutch when the rotational speed of the internal combustion engine equals the rotational speed of the electric motor.