Patent ID: 8419590

Claim:
A method for operating a hybrid drive of a motor vehicle which has a combustion engine, at least one electrical machine, and at least one electrical accumulator, the electrical machine and the electrical accumulator belonging to an electrical system of the motor vehicle, comprising: subdividing the operation of the electrical machine into adjacent subranges of a) transient compensation operation, b) boost and/or recuperation operation, and c) operation for maintaining the vehicle electrical system; assigning torque limits and/or power output limits of the electrical machine in at least two subranges; and releasing and/or influencing the particular torque limits and/or power output limits of the subranges as a function of the current state of the electrical accumulator and/or of the electrical machine and/or of the vehicle electrical system, wherein a transition of the torque limit and/or power output limit to a lower or higher torque limit and/or power output limit takes place continuously.