Patent ID: 8628452

Claim:
A method for controlling an output torque of an automated transmission coupled to an internal combustion engine and having a transmission control unit, the internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas turbocharger and an air blower device for blowing air from a source outside of an intake line into the intake line, the air blower device being separate from an intake air compressor section of the exhaust gas turbocharger, the method comprising the acts of: receiving, by the transmission control unit, a torque request; generating, by the transmission control unit, an air blowing-in signal as a function of the torque request and current operating parameters of the internal combustion engine and the automated transmission; controlling the output torque by activating the air blower device based on the air blowing-in signal in order to blow air into the intake line of the internal combustion engine downstream of the exhaust gas turbocharger compressor for a definable time period, and either performing a shifting process of the automated transmission to a relatively high transmission ratio in an event of a torque request to increase torque when the output torque is being controlled, at least one of during the activation of the air blower device and after activation of the air blower device ends, or performing a shifting process of the automated transmission to at least one relatively low transmission ratio in an event of a torque request to decrease torque when the output torque is being controlled after activation of the air blower device ends.