IP Library Granted Patent US 7,704,189
Granted Patent B2
US 7,704,189 · App. 11/799,063 · Granted Apr 27, 2010

Starting method for internal combustion engines with a double clutch transmission

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Patent No.
US 7,704,189
App. No.
11/799,063
Granted
Apr 27, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method implements a starting process for an internal combustion engine which has a drive unit and a transmission with at least two transmission input shafts and a multiple clutch device, in particular a double clutch device. During the starting process, the first gear is engaged in a first clutch of the multiple clutch device and is activated, while the second gear speed is engaged in a second clutch of the multiple clutch device but not activated. During the starting process, a current velocity is compared with a predefinable reference velocity, and when the reference velocity is reached a control unit causes the first clutch to be opened and thus causes the first gear to be deactivated while, in parallel with this, the second clutch is closed and the second gear is thus activated.

Claims (15)

1. A method for carrying out a starting process for a vehicle containing an internal combustion engine having a drive unit and a transmission with at least two transmission input shafts and one multiple clutch device, which comprises the steps of:

engaging and activating a first gear with a first clutch of the multiple clutch device if a starting process is detected;

engaging but not activating a second gear with a second clutch device of the multiple clutch device;

during the starting process, continuously comparing a reference value with a predefinable reference variable; and

causing, via a control device, the first clutch to open and thus causing the first gear to become deactivated when the predefinable reference variable is reached and, in parallel, causing the second clutch and thus causing the second gear to become activated so that an overall torque of the clutches defined by a sum of torques of the first clutch and the second clutch acting on the internal combustion engine is approximately constant during a shifting process and is less than or equal to a current engine torque.

2. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises setting a velocity to be the predefinable reference variable.

3. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises detecting the starting process if at least an ignition is switched on and a velocity of the vehicle is substantially 0 Km/h.

4. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises:

setting a predefinable velocity as the predefinable reference variable; and

determining the predefinable velocity in dependence on engine speed profiles of the internal combustion engine and the multiple clutch device.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an engine speed rises monotonously during an entire time of the starting process.

6. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises:

using a current velocity as the reference value; and

using a reference velocity as the predefinable reference variable.

7. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises operating the multiple clutch device as a double clutch device.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 15, 2010
From: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
To: DR. ING H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 024689/0278 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 14, 2010
From: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NO. 722287)
To: PORSCHE ZWISCHENHOLDING GMBH
Reel/Frame 024684/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2010
From: BAUR, PETER; ESSER, JOACHIM; HAUCK, CHRISTIAN; KRAXNER, DIETER
To: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NO. 722287)
Reel/Frame 023959/0428 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 30, 2008
From: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT (COMPANY NUMBER 722287)
Reel/Frame 021184/0926 →