# US 8,770,328 B2 · Process for controlling a start-stop operation of a vehicle having a hybrid drive, and a corresponding vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,770,328 B2 - Document ID: US8770328B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/615,978 - Filed: 2012-09-14 - Published: 2013-01-31 - Granted: 2014-07-08 - Earliest claimed: 2009-01-08 - Assignees: KNORR-BREMSE Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH - Applicants: Eduard Hilberer - Inventors: Eduard Hilberer - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8770328B2 ## CPC - B60W 10/182: {including control of parking brakes} - B60T 7/122: {for locking of reverse movement} - B60T 8/17616: {Microprocessor-based systems} - B60T 8/885: {using electrical circuitry} - B60T 13/746: {and mechanical transmission of the braking action} - B60W 10/06: including control of combustion engines - B60W 10/08: including control of electric propulsion units, e.g. motors or generators - B60W 10/184: with wheel brakes - B60W 30/18018: {Start-stop drive, e.g. in a traffic jam} - B60W 30/18027: {Drive off, accelerating from standstill} - B60T 2270/402: Back-up - B60T 2270/403: Brake circuit failure - Y02T 10/40: Engine management systems - Y10S 903/93: Conjoint control of different elements - Y10S 903/947: Characterized by control of braking, e.g. blending of regeneration, friction braking - B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT - B60T: VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicle, in general B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION - Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS ## Abstract A process for controlling a vehicle start-stop operation having a hybrid drive with an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor, a service brake with an ABS and an electric parking brake, includes: determining, monitoring and analyzing performance parameters of the vehicle, the internal-combustion engine, the electric motor, the service brake and the parking brake; automatically releasing the parking brake in the case of a starting prompt because of determined performance parameters; driving the vehicle by the electric motor for the start; starting the engine by the electric motor if the engine is switched off; driving the vehicle by the electric motor and the engine; activating a generator operation of the electric motor in the case of a braking prompt because of determined performance parameters; activating the service brake; and automatically locking the electric parking brake when the vehicle is stopped after a previously definable deceleration time. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle, comprising: a hybrid drive having an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor; a service brake with an ABS control unit and a service brake pedal; an electric parking brake with a parking brake control and a parking brake lever; at least one clutch for coupling the internal-combustion engine and the electric motor with wheels of the vehicle; a hybrid drive control unit for controlling the hybrid drive; and a bus for connecting control units, actuators and sensors of the vehicle and for transmission of control signals; wherein the electric parking brake is connected with the hybrid drive control unit for an automatic controllability in previously definable operating conditions of the vehicle, and wherein the hybrid drive control unit is configured to: control a start-stop operation of the hybrid drive coordinated with an automatic release of the electric parking brake in the case of a starting prompt because of determined performance parameters and an automatic locking when the vehicle is stopped after a previously definable deceleration time; control activation and locking of the electric parking brake in an emergency running function when at least one of a circuit defect of the service brake and a defective service brake pedal is determined when the vehicle is driving and a braking prompt takes place by at least one of the service brake pedal and the parking brake lever, the process of the emergency running function further comprising the acts of: activating a generator operation of the electric motor; activating the electric parking brake; and automatically locking the electric parking brake when the vehicle is stopped after a previously definable deceleration time; wherein the electric parking brake has a stepping capability with previously definable steps. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the electric parking brake is equipped with an actuator constructed as at least one of a spring-type servo-cylinder, electromotive actuator, and electromechanical actuator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a pulse width modulation of a triggering of the electric parking brake is provided in the range of the stepping capability. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the electric parking brake has a bistable behavior in a parked condition, whereby, when an electric supply fails, the electric parking brake is locked or released corresponding to a predetermination by the hybrid drive control unit or a driver's intention. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the previously definable operating conditions of the vehicle are at least one of the start-stop operation, an emergency running function in an event of a circuit defect of the service brake, and an emergency running function in an event of a defective service brake pedal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the internal-combustion engine is a diesel engine.