Patent ID: 7991534

Claim:
A method for operating a drive unit of a motor vehicle, having a component adapted for load-reversal damping, which filters a first setpoint value for an output variable of the drive unit so as to damp a load reversal, and a speed controller, which specifies a second setpoint value for an output variable of the drive unit in order to adjust an actual value for an engine speed of the drive unit to a setpoint value for the engine speed, the method comprising: forming the first setpoint value including taking into account a first component of the second setpoint value for the output variable specified by the speed controller; and taking into account a remaining second component of the second setpoint value for the output variable specified by the speed controller together with the filtered first setpoint value only in the formation of a resulting third setpoint value for the output variable; wherein the first component of the second setpoint value for the output variable specified by the speed controller is formed as a function of at least one characteristic of the component adapted for load-reversal damping, in such a way that it is not or only negligibly affected by the filtering.