Patent ID: 6275759
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B60K,F02N,Y02T,Y10S

Abstract:
A vehicle comprising:an engine;a motor for starting the engine;an automatic transmission connected with the engine and the motor, for receiving input rotation from the engine and the motor and providing output rotation to drive the vehicle;a sensing device for sensing a vehicle operating condition; anda controller for performing an automatic engine stop operation for automatically stopping the engine and an automatic engine restart operation for automatically restarting the engine in accordance with the vehicle operating condition, for producing an engine restart request signal to request a restart of the engine during the automatic engine stop operation, for determining a target engine speed for the automatic engine restart operation, and for performing the automatic engine restart operation, in response to the engine restart request signal, by driving the motor in accordance with the target speed while holding a transmission state of the automatic transmission unchanged.