Patent ID: 6852066

Claim:
A method for operating a drive unit of a vehicle, the drive unit including at least one drive wheel, an internal combustion engine, and a clutch situated between the internal combustion engine and the at least one drive wheel, the clutch being operable to transmit a torque between the internal combustion engine and the drive wheel, the method comprising: one of controlling and regulating the internal combustion engine as a function of at least one of a speed of the clutch on a side of the internal combustion engine and a speed of the clutch on a side of the drive wheel; wherein the internal combustion engine is one of controlled and regulated as a function of at least one of a time derivative of the speed of the clutch on the side of the internal combustion engine and a time derivative of the speed of the clutch on the side of the drive wheel. 2 .The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of: determining a setpoint value for a torque of the internal combustion as a function of at least one of the speed of the clutch on the side of the internal combustion engine and the speed of the clutch on the side of the drive wheel.