Patent ID: 8246517

Claim:
An automatic stop/start controller for an internal combustion engine of a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission having a power transmitting means which permits a sliding between an input shaft and an output shaft thereof, a shift transmission mechanism, and a direct connecting means for connecting an input shaft and an output shaft of the shift transmission mechanism, the automatic transmission transmitting a driving power of the internal combustion engine to a driving shaft, the automatic stop/start controller comprising: an automatic stop control means for stopping a fuel injection at a time when the vehicle is in a specified decelerate condition where the vehicle likely stops and an automatic stop requirement is generated; and an automatic start control means for restarting the internal combustion engine by restarting the fuel injection at a time when a restart requirement is generated during a fuel injection stop period generated by the automatic stop control means, wherein the automatic stop control means performs a control in which the input shaft and the output shaft of the shift transmission mechanism are directly connected with each other by the direct connecting means when the fuel injection is stopped based on the automatic stop requirement, whereby the driving power is transmitted from the internal combustion engine to the driving shaft through the power transmitting means.