Method of inhibiting the automatic stop control system of the heat engine of a vehicle in congested traffic

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PATENT NO 8616169
APP PUB NO 20070245997A1
SERIAL NO

11574403

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The invention relates to a method of controlling the stopping and starting of a heat engine (2) of a vehicle. The invention is of the type in which (i) it is necessary for the vehicle to be in an engine stop request phase, and not in pre-defined operating conditions that oppose the stopping of the engine (2), in order for the engine (2) to be stopped or (ii) it is necessary for the vehicle to be in an engine start request phase, and not in pre-defined operating conditions that oppose the starting of the engine (2), in order for the engine to be started. The invention is characterized in that the vehicle operating conditions that oppose the stopping of the engine (2) comprise slow congested traffic conditions constituting specific identification criteria.

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PEUGEOT CITROEN AUTOMOBILES SA78140 VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY

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Celisse, Arnaud Paris, FR 5 62
Guy, Jean-Emmanuel Le Chesnay, FR 5 62
Klein, Herve Levallois Perret, FR 5 62
Levasseur, Guillaume Nanterre, FR 5 62

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