Patent ID: 9096213
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B60W,B60Y,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for operating an engine of a vehicle, wherein a transmission coupled to the engine has a freewheeling mode, comprising switching off the engine by setting the transmission into the freewheeling mode and interrupting fuel supply to the engine in the freewheeling mode depending on one or more operating conditions of the vehicle; selecting a gear in the transmission proactively depending on one or more operating actions of the vehicle anticipated to be required on or within a predefined time limit after restart of the engine, wherein in a first case, when a steering action is anticipated on or after restarting the engine, selecting a gear in the transmission generating higher engine revolutions than when no steering action is anticipated, or in a second case, when no steering action is anticipated on or after restarting the engine, selecting a gear in the transmission generating lower engine revolutions than would have been chosen when a steering action would have been anticipated.