Stop-in-gear auto-start control

• Main Authors: Dilli Raj Poudel, Gary David Paisley, Chris Edward Pedlar, David Hesketh
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.03.2021
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE ORDIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TOTHE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

A method of controlling the engine of a vehicle having a stop-in-gear (SIG) stop-start system comprising: a control module determining that a brake is being applied, based on an output from a brake sensor, and that a transmission is in an in-gear position, based on an output from a transmission sensor; and, while the brake is applied and the transmission is in an in-gear position, the control module causing the engine to start (206) in response to detecting movement of a clutch pedal towards a released position (208) based on an output from a clutch pedal sensor.