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AssigneeAVL List GmbH
InventorsMartin Seufert, Frank Thullner, Ralph Richter, Josef Glatthaar, Roberto Tirelli, Vincenzo De Gioia, Reinhard Klein, Jürgen Wagner, Richard Schneider, Gusztav Gulyas, Peter Ebner, Stefan Strobl
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The invention relates to a method for controlling the start-up phase of a motor vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine (12). The internal combustion engine (12) is started by an electrical machine (16) that can be operated as a motor, and there is a preferably automatically actuatable clutch (50) in the drive train (11) between the internal combustion engine (12) and the electrical machine (16). A faster start-up response can be achieved if the internal combustion engine (12) is driven by the electrical machine (16) when the clutch (50) is engaged during start-up, and if the clutch capacitance (MK) is reduced according to a defined parameter, preferably the engine speed, the time or the torque (ME) of the electrical machine (16) or similar.
A method for starting an internal combustion engine for a vehicle, with the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine being connected via at least one separable clutch to a drive train comprising a transmission, which drive train comprises at least one electrical machine, with a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine being brought to a predefined start rotating position in a start preparation phase by the electrical machine, with the angular speed and the angular position of the crankshaft being determined by a vehicle rotational speed sensor during operation, said rotational speed sensor being capable of providing a signal of the rotational angle position of the crankshaft, wherein a means for a precise determination of a rotational angle position of the electrical machine is provided, wherein a synchronization between the rotational speed sensor and the means for the precise determination of the rotational angle position of the electrical machine is performed with closed clutch and at a crankshaft speed above a predetermined minimum speed, with said means being adjusted to the speed sensor, and wherein an assumption of the start rotating position is checked and controlled by means of the means for determining the rotational angle position of the electrical machine after the synchronization process.
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