Patent ID: 7347175

Claim:
A method for managing the “stop-and-start” mode in a motor vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine; the method comprises the phases of: determining a state of charge (SOC) of a battery of the motor vehicle; determining a state of motion of a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine by selecting one of the following alternatives: the crankshaft is stationary, the crankshaft is in the starting phase, the crankshaft is in rotation but is not capable of being self-sustaining, the crankshaft is in rotation and capable of being self-sustaining, and the crankshaft is in the stopping phase; determining the electric power consumed overall by the electrical consumers of the motor vehicle; and enabling or disabling the “stop-and-start” mode as a function of the state of charge (SOC) of the main battery, as a function of the state of motion of the crankshaft of the engine, and as a function of the electric power consumed overall by the electrical consumers of the motor vehicle.