Patent ID: 7698045
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: B60H,B60K,B60L,B60W,F01P,F02D,F02N,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine, the vehicle comprising: an elapsed time counter used to count an elapsed time since system activation of the vehicle; an auto stop permissive water temperature setting module configured to set an auto stop permissive water temperature as a criterion for permitting an auto stop of the internal combustion engine, based on the count of the elapsed time; a cooling water temperature measurement unit used to measure cooling water temperature of the internal combustion engine; and an auto stop restart controller configured to automatically stop operation of the internal combustion engine upon satisfaction of at least one preset auto stop condition including a condition that the measured cooling water temperature is not lower than the set auto stop permissive water temperature, and to automatically restart the operation of the internal combustion engine upon satisfaction of a preset auto start condition during an auto stop of the internal combustion engine.