Patent ID: 7556020

Claim:
A method for starting an internal combustion engine ( 300 ) using a starting device, an ignition spark of a spark plug ( 306 ), being controllable or producible as a function of the speed of the crankshaft by the starting device ( 310 ), characterized in that at speeds below the idle speed, a progressive rise ( 11 ) of the advance of the ignition angle before the top dead center of the crankshaft ( 302 ) of the internal combustion engine ( 300 ) occurs as a function of the crankshaft speed, which is followed at rising crankshaft speed by a sudden drop ( 21 ) of the advance of the ignition angle to a plateau ( 102 ) of the idle speed range, and upon further rising crankshaft speed, a sudden rise ( 41 ) of the advance of the ignition angle occurs in a work range ( 50 ) of the internal combustion engine, followed by a rise ( 42 ) implemented with rising speed provided that the ignition angle is advanced before top dead center of the crankshaft ( 302 ) at all speeds after starting the engine to prevent back kick.