Patent ID: 7967397

Claim:
A method for operating a hybrid vehicle with an internal combustion engine, an electric motor, and a brake pedal, with at least one electric motor in a generator mode converting kinetic energy of the vehicle into electric power and which can provide a generator-created braking momentum M G or a respective braking power P G to the vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: when braking is requested with a target value M Target at a time t 1 , a total braking momentum M Total is provided to the vehicle according to the following formula: M Total =M G , if M Target ≦M Level M Total =M G +M F , if M Target >M Level and wherein a value M Offset >0 is selected for the braking momentum M G at the time t 1 , wherein M F >0 being a braking momentum provided to the vehicle by vehicle brakes, wherein the braking momentum M G is applied during a shifting pause t S during the shifting up of a manual transmission when the clutch is opened completely or partially, wherein the braking momentum M G during the shifting pause is determined based on a rotation of a motor camshaft n Mot and a rotation of an input shaft of a transmission n G in order to synchronize the rotation; or wherein, when braking is requested at a time t 1 with a target value P Target , the vehicle is provided with a total braking power P Total according to the following formula: P Total =P G , if P Target ≦P Level P Total =P G +P F , if P Target >P Level and wherein at the time t 1 for the braking power P G a value P Offset >0 is selected, wherein P F >0 being a braking power provided to the vehicle by the vehicle brakes; such that for positive positions of the brake pedal below a threshold position, the total braking momentum M Total is provided to the vehicle only by generator-created braking momentum M G and not by momentum from the vehicle brakes M F , wherein the braking power P G is applied during a shifting pause t S during the shifting up of a manual transmission when the clutch is opened completely or partially, wherein the braking power P G during the shifting pause is determined based on a rotation of a motor camshaft n Mot and a rotation of an input shaft of a transmission n G in order to synchronize the rotation.