Method for automatically stopping an internal combustion engine with a variable stopping delay
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsTorsten Scholt, Andreas Schondelmaier, Matthias Schorpp
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Abstract
A control method for an internal-combustion engine, working with a variable stopping delay. The stopping delay is essentially affected by the following parameters: the operational mode selected for the internal-combustion engine, the previous driving mode based on a driver-type classification, the past speed profile, the navigational data of GPS-systems, traffic guiding systems and digital street maps, and the actual braking pressure.
Claims11
A method of automatically stopping an internal-combustion engine of an automotive vehicle, including the steps of evaluating, prior to engine-stopping, by use of a control unit and an application program, communication signals relating to the actual operating conditions of the vehicle;
- and, if predetermined stopping conditions are present, automatically stopping the engine, by the application program and the control device, after a predetermined stopping delay, and wherein the period of the stopping delay is variable and further including determining the variable period of the stopping delay by an automatic condition controller dependent from actual communication signals relating to the operation of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.