Patent ID: 6817327
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B60K,B60L,B60W,B60Y,F02N,F16H,Y02T,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for starting an internal combustion engine (4) in a vehicle that is equipped with an electrodynamic drive system (2) having an electric motor (24) and a planetary transmission (14) positioned between the internal combustion engine (4) and a manual transmission (6) with an input shaft (28), the method comprising the steps of:first accelerating the electric motor (24) to a speed sufficient to start the internal combustion engine (4); and controlling closing of a brake (32) designed to halt the rotation of the input shaft (28) of the manual transmission (6) against a stationary housing component (34), whereby a level of torque representing the sum of electromotive torque and rotational torque of the rotating components acts upon the internal combustion engine (4).