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Method of inhibiting the automatic stop control system of the heat engine of a vehicle in the absence of a driver

  • US 7,657,366 B2
  • Filed: 08/10/2005
  • Issued: 02/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine with which a vehicle is equipped, comprising:

  • stopping the engine when the engine is in engine stop request phase and not in predefined operating conditions opposed to a stopping of said engine, andstarting the engine when the engine is in engine start request phase and not in predefined operating conditions opposed to starting of said engine,wherein said operating conditions of the engine opposed to the stopping of the engine comprise an absence of the driver from the vehicle, andamong the engine operating conditions defining a start request phase is a detection of an absence of the driver from the vehicle.

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