Patent ID: 8328684

Claim:
A method for controlling a creeping process of a motor vehicle with an internal combustion engine ( 2 ), a torque converter ( 7 ) with a pump shell ( 6 ) driven by the internal combustion engine ( 2 ) and a turbine shell ( 8 ) driving an automated transmission ( 13 ) and a separation clutch ( 4 ) disposed in the torque flow between the internal combustion engine ( 2 ) and the torque converter ( 7 ), comprising: initiating a creeping process when a gas pedal for driver control of the internal combustion engine ( 2 ) and a brake pedal are not actuated and a driving velocity of the motor vehicle is less than a predetermined value; and, adjusting a creep torque (M(K)) transmitted through the separation clutch ( 4 ) during the creeping process as a function of speed properties of the torque converter ( 7 ).