| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 290038000 | Electric-starting motor | 86 |
| 20080211235 | Device For Controlling a Heat Engine Starter, Such as That of a Motor Vehicle, and Starter Comprising One Such Device - The invention relates to a device for controlling a starter for a heat engine that is equipped with an electric motor having a field coil with several windings and an armature winding, both of which are mounted in series, comprising a power contact which is equipped with terminals, one of said terminals being connected to the positive terminal (+Bat) of a battery and the other terminal being connected to the field coil having several windings. The inventive device comprises first means which, in a first phase upon closure of the power contact, activate part of the windings of the field coil and second delayed-action means which, in a second phase during which the power contact is always closed, activate at least a large number of the windings of the coil. The invention is intended for the heat engine starter of a vehicle. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080265586 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage device for storing energy for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a DC-DC converter, a plurality of capacitors connected electrically to the DC-DC converter, and a housing for containing the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The DC-DC converter converts a voltage provided by the motor vehicle's battery to a second voltage stored by the capacitors. During an engine start cycle, energy discharges from the capacitors to the starter motor of the engine, wherein the stored voltage of the capacitors provides energy to start the engine. The capacitors are recharged by the vehicle's battery. A thermally insulated barrier separates the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The housing may be sized and shaped substantially as that of a standard motor vehicle battery, enabling the energy storage device to be installed within the motor vehicle as a substitute for one or more of the vehicle's batteries. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090224557 | ENGINE STOP/START SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A method of operating an engine stop/start system includes connecting an armature of a starter motor to the engine through an overrunning clutch when the engine changes a rotational direction. | 09-10-2009 |
| 20090250942 | ENGINE STARTER - An electromagnetic controller includes an exciting coil unit that is provided with a coil main body and an exciting piece that is positioned at a tip end side of the coil main body so as to be magnetized according to an excitation of the coil main body; and a plunger that is disposed in a ring-shaped space formed at an inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to be movable in the ring-shaped space in an axial center direction, the plunger being displaceable from a non-acting position to an acting position at a tip end side under an attracting force based on magnetization of the exciting piece, wherein an urging member is provided at the inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to urge the plunger to a side of the non-acting position according to demagnetization of the exciting piece. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090284022 | PORTABLE POWER DRIVEN EQUIPMENT WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMBINED BATTERY CHARGING AND STARTING CIRCUIT WHERE THE BATTERY IS A REMOVABLE BATTERY PACK - A portable generator system having a generator for generating an electrical output signal, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a starter for starting the internal combustion engine, an alternator for generating an AC signal for powering a charger assembly, a battery pack, and a charger subsystem. The charger system has a charger assembly that receives the AC signal and generates a DC charging signal for recharging the battery pack. The charger assembly has a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is used to apply an output of the battery to energize the starter. The second switch, when placed in a Start position, enables current from the battery pack to energize the starter while inhibiting the application of the DC charging signal to the battery pack. When placed in the Charge position, the second switch inhibits the battery pack output from energizing the starter while enabling the DC charging signal to be applied to the battery pack. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090322101 | Engine Cranking System and Method - A vehicle has an engine, a starter motor, an energy storage system (ESS) for powering an auxiliary system, and a supercapacitor module for powering the starter motor during engine cranking and starting. The supercapacitor module disconnects from the starter motor to recharge. A DC-DC booster converter increases the level of voltage supplied from the ESS so as to charge the supercapacitor module to a relatively higher voltage level, such as approximately 125 to 140 percent of the voltage level supplied by the ESS. A method for preventing voltage sag in an auxiliary system of the vehicle includes disconnecting the supercapacitor module from the starter motor when the engine is running, and then charging the supercapacitor module using the ESS until a cranking support voltage equals a stored target voltage. A detected commanded cranking and starting of the engine causes the connection of the supercapacitor module to the starter motor. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100244459 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENGINE START CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for starting an engine in a vehicle, the engine including a starter, the vehicle including a plurality of energy storage devices electrically coupled to the starter. One example method comprises, during a first charging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in parallel to each other; and during a second discharging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in series to each other and to the starter to actuate the starter and rotate the engine. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100264670 | STARTER FOR STARTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a starter for starting an internal combustion engine with a first output shaft to which a ring gear is coupled, a motor has a second output shaft to which a movable pinion member is coupled and is operative to, when energized, rotate the second output shaft. A solenoid device includes a solenoid actuator linked to the movable pinion member. The solenoid actuator is configured to, when activated, shift the movable pinion member toward the ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. The solenoid device includes a solenoid switch configure to, when activated, energize the motor. The solenoid actuator and the solenoid switch are integrated with each other to provide the solenoid device. A controller module is configured to individually control an activation of the solenoid actuator and an activation of the solenoid switch. The controller module is mounted on the solenoid device. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110042969 | CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR AN AC STARTER-GENERATOR SYSTEM - An aircraft engine starting system may comprise a starter motor, a start controller for controlling the starter motor to operate with a desired torque output, and a processor for determining torque profiles for the starter motor. The processor may provide an initial torque profile responsively to ambient condition of the engine. The processor may also provide modifications to the initial torque profile responsively to temperature of the start controller. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110049910 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motor generator is connected to a high voltage battery through an inverter. A voltage of the high voltage battery is decreased and is applied to a low voltage battery through a DC-DC converter. At time of starting an engine, a starting operation of a starter is executed by applying an output voltage of the DC-DC converter | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110095545 | ENGINE STARTER AND RESISTOR SHORT-CIRCUITING DEVICE - Provided is an engine starter having a simple structure and excellent in stability and reliability, which starts an engine while preventing an occurrence of instantaneous interruption in an electrical device mounted in a vehicle. An engine starter for driving a starter motor by closing a starter switch | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110101704 | Starter - A starter comprises: an electric motor with an enclosure; a gear train mounted to one end of the motor; and a switch module for controlling operation of the motor. The switch module has an enclosure. The enclosure of the switch module and the enclosure of the motor are integrally formed as a single housing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110115238 | STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110198862 | ENGINE STARTER WITH IMPROVED FIXING STRUCTURE OF AUXILIARY ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH - Disclosed is a starter for starting an engine. The starter includes a starter main body, a main electromagnetic switch, and an auxiliary electromagnetic switch. The starter main body includes a motor that generates torque upon being supplied with electric power. The main electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively opening and closing an electric circuit for supplying electric power from a battery to the motor. The auxiliary electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively switching the electric circuit between a high-resistance path and a low-resistance path. The starter is characterized in that the auxiliary electromagnetic switch is fixed to a fixture, and the fixture is fixed to only one of the starter main body and the main electromagnetic switch. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198863 | Starter Relay Control - A starter control system is disclosed. In one example, the starter control system allows both automatic and manual control over an engine starting sequence. The starter control system can enhance starter control system flexibility. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110221210 | ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM WITH HIGH-AND LOW-SPEED MODES OF MOTOR OPERATION - An engine starting apparatus includes a first and a second power supply path extending from a battery to an electric motor to start an engine. An electromagnetic switch has main contacts disposed in the first power supply path. A resistor is disposed in the second power supply path. A motor relay has relay contacts disposed in series with the resistor. A controller delays the time when the main contacts are closed to apply a full voltage of the battery to the motor until a given time lag has elapsed after the relay contacts are closed to supply electric current to the electric motor through the resistor. Specifically, when it is required to apply the full voltage to the motor to run the motor at a rated speed, the current does not pass through the relay contacts, thus resulting in no voltage drop, which ensures the stability in starting the engine. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110304157 | Time Delay Contactor For Aircraft APU Starter - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304158 | TIME DELAY CONTACTOR FOR AIRCRAFT APU STARTER - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120032453 | STARTER CONTROLLER - A relay is provided in a power supply line from a battery to a motor of a starter in a vehicle. The relay is selectively switched between a contact side state where contacts short-circuit and a resistor side state where the contacts open and a resistor is inserted into the power supply line in series. When an engine is started, an ECU controlling the starter energizes the motor by driving the relay to the resistor side only for a first predetermined time in order to suppress inrush current and voltage fall due to the inrush current. The ECU detects a contact side state fixation abnormality of the relay based on a battery voltage at the time when the motor is energized by driving the relay to the resistor side. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120068475 | STARTER MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT START SOLENOID - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a pull-in coil and a hold-in coil positioned axially adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is positioned within the pull-in coil and configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil is energized. The plunger is separated from a plunger stop in the axial direction by an air gap when the pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are not energized. When the pull-in coil and hold-in coil are energized, a shoulder of the plunger moves in an axial direction toward the plunger stop. The pull-in coil is positioned in the solenoid such that it is removed from the plunger stop in the axial direction. In contrast, the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068476 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH SPOOL FOR RETAINING COILS - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a spool including a first coil bay, a second coil bay, and an interior passage defining an axial direction. A first coil is positioned in the first coil bay of the spool, and a second coil positioned in the second coil bay of the spool. A plunger is positioned within the interior passage of the spool and configured to move in the axial direction when the first coil is energized. The first coil bay is positioned adjacent to the second coil bay in the axial direction. The spool further includes two end flanges and a middle flange. The middle flange separates the first coil bay from the second coil bay. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068477 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH RECTANGULAR COIL WINDING - A solenoid for a vehicle starter includes a pull-in coil made of a length of rectangular wire and a hold-in coil adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil made of rectangular wire is energized. The pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are positioned on a spool with the plunger slideably positioned within a central passage of the spool. The plunger is configured to engage a plunger stop when the pull-in coil is energized. In at least one embodiment, the hold-in coil is separated from the plunger stop in the axial direction and the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120119517 | DEVICE FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE USING AN IMPROVED CONTROL UNIT - A device for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described, which has a starter motor, an engaging relay, a starting current relay, a main current relay, a control unit and a switching module situated between the relays named and the control unit. The control unit is an engine control unit of the motor vehicle. The switching module has inputs which are connected to one output, respectively, of the engine control unit, and has outputs at which control signals for the relays named are provided. The outputs of the engine control unit are small signal outputs. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120126547 | DC MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT STARTING CAPABILITY - A DC motor assembly ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120139263 | Method and device for operating a starter of a vehicle - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a position of a starter pinion is detected, and an advance of the starter pinion is regulated as a function of the detected position. For example, the advance during the meshing of the starter pinion with a starter ring gear of a drive motor of the vehicle is regulated | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120153637 | ENGINE SYSTEM - To provide an engine system with which in a case where a power supply voltage whose specification is to be changed is higher than an expected voltage, the specification of the power supply voltage from an alternating-current power supply can be changed at low cost without providing an additional transformer.
| 06-21-2012 |
| 20120153638 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - Engine control device includes a delay unit which delays or cuts off a flow of current from a first current system, which directs current to a coil, to a second current system, which directs current to a starter motor. When a starter switch, which turns the flow of current from the power source to the first current system on or off, is turned on and electricity flows to the first current system, the delay unit delays the current flowing from the first current system to the second current system. When electricity flows to the first current system as a result of a controller having turned a first switch on, the delay unit cuts off the flow of electricity from the first current system to the second current system. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120175890 | Control and method of a starter motor for a starter device - A control is described for a starter device of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having a starter motor, a first current path and at least one additional second current path, which is connected in parallel to the first current path, for energizing the starter motor, the first current path having an switching device, in particular a starter relay. In order to improve an energization of the starter motor, the control is in operative contact with a testing device for checking a switching state of the switching device and provided with an adapter for adapting the energization of the switching device. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120200093 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR A STARTING DEVICE - A circuit configuration for an electric machine, e.g., a starter motor for starting an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, includes a current limiting device for limiting a starting current of the electric machine. The circuit configuration includes a bridging device for bridging the current limiting device. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120306217 | STARTER WITH NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A starter includes a motor, an electromagnetic switch, and a noise reduction device. The motor is connected to a power supply line via a motor lead line, and produces torque by power supplied from a battery. The electromagnetic switch includes an electric contact connected to the power supply line via a battery-side terminal and a motor-side terminal, and opens and closes the electric contact in conjunction with on-off operation of a solenoid. The noise reduction device includes at least one capacitor inserted between ground and the power supply line, and reduces noise produced from the motor. In the starter, a conductor is inserted between the motor-side terminal and the motor lead line as an inductance component capable of increasing an impedance of a starter equivalent circuit of the starter. The at least one capacitor is inserted between ground and one end of the conductor connected to the motor-side terminal. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120313381 | STARTER CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A starter circuit includes a battery, a starter electrically coupled with the battery, a relay disposed between the battery and the starter, and a starter switch mounted remotely from the starter. The starter includes a switch assembly and a starter motor. The switch assembly includes an actuator and a start signal switch. The relay is configured to operate to provide current to the switch assembly to close the start signal switch in response to a received signal. The starter switch closes in response to the start signal switch being closed, whereby the battery delivers current to the starter motor when the starter switch is closed. A starter unit is also disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130175810 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR STARTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STARTER - An ECU executes a program including the steps of selecting a rotation mode in a case where a request to start an engine has been made and an engine rotation speed is equal to or lower than α | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221683 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a first and a second coil winding. The starter machine can also include a motor that is coupled to a pinion. The starter machine can comprise an electromagnetic switch that is coupled to the first coil winding and is configured to regulate a priming current passing through the first coil winding. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to the first winding and the control unit can be capable of closing the electromagnetic switch to circulate the priming current from a power source to the motor through the first coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A STARTER OF A VEHICLE - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a physical variable is measured, and a starter current of the starter is limited or not limited as a function of the measured physical variable, the limiting action being terminated after a predetermined period of time in the event that the starter current is limited. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130234446 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A control device for controlling a rotary electrical machine functioning as a motor and as a power generator, the device being provided with a power conversion circuit serving to function as an inverter for supplying a drive current from a battery to the rotary electrical machine and as a rectifier for rectifying the power generation output of the rotary electrical machine and supplying the output to the battery; and being provided with a controller for controlling the conversion circuit so that three-phase armature coils of the rotary electrical machine are short-circuited when the battery is disconnected from the conversion circuit and the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit becomes excessive, after which, when the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit decreases to a set low voltage, the short circuit of one phase of the armature coil is released and only two phases are short-circuited. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130257062 | POWER CIRCUIT - A power circuit includes a boost circuit having a boost switching element, a coil provided between a battery and the boost switching element and a rectifier element provided between the coil and a load, a first switch connected to the boost circuit in parallel, a current detection circuit detecting current flowing through the first switch and a control circuit turning on the first switch during a normal state other than a restart of an engine after an idling stop and turning off the first switch and controlling an operation of the boost switching element at a restart of the engine after an idling stop so that voltage of the battery is boosted and supplied to the load. The control circuit determines based on the current detected by the current detection circuit during the normal state whether or not the first switch has an open fault. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130300129 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric machine including a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, a first field having a plurality of windings that defines at least one wound pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, a second field having at least one permanent magnet (PM) that defines at least one PM pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, and a relay electrically coupled to the plurality of windings of the first field. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300130 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MOTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric starter motor includes a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, and a primary field mounted to the frame. The primary field includes a plurality of primary windings electrically connected one to another. A relay is electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of poles. A supplemental field is mounted to the frame. The supplemental field includes a supplemental winding electrically connected in parallel to the plurality of primary windings. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300131 | METHOD OF OPERATING VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS - A method of operating a variable flux electric machine includes passing an electrical current through a plurality of wound poles of a wound field to generate a first flux, rotating an armature at a first crank point having a first speed in response to the first flux, shorting at least one of the plurality of wound poles, generating a second flux through a permanent magnet (PM) field having a plurality of PM poles, and rotating the armature at a second crank point having a second speed in response to the second flux, the second speed being greater than the first speed. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140028032 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER STORAGE DEVICE - When electric power exceeding output allowable power at an engine startup time is output from a power storage device, deviated from a predetermined period of time during which the output allowable power of the power storage device is switched, an ECU suppresses increase of the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine. Specifically, the ECU modifies the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine from a first value to a second value lower than the first value, based on a period of time before deviation is eliminated. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035292 | System and Method for Limiting a Starting Current - For the electrical protection of a current control device | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140138960 | Method for jump starting a vehicle - A method for jump starting a vehicle comprising causing a control unit to set a reference voltage by choosing a point from a chart plotting voltage across a starting battery versus time during a vehicle start; determining whether the voltage across a starting battery of the vehicle is less than the reference voltage; closing a switch if the determination is positive, thereby causing an external power source to supply high current to the starting battery; adding the high current and current from the starting battery to obtain a total current; and supplying the total current to a starter motor of the vehicle so as to start the vehicle. An apparatus for thus jump starting a vehicle is also disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140175806 | EMERGENCY STARTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL HYBRID VEHICLE - An emergency starting system and an emergency starting method of a fuel cell hybrid vehicle perform an emergency start when a DC power converter for starting fails. The emergency starting system includes: a fuel cell and a super capacitor connected through a main bus terminal in parallel; a driving inverter connected to the main bus terminal; a driving motor connected to the driving inverter; a balance-of-plant configured to activate the fuel cell; a starting DC power converter configured to drive the balance-of-plant; and a starting controller configured to control the super capacitor at the time of a start. The starting controller includes a super capacitor relay, an initial charging relay, and an initial charging resistor, the initial charging relay includes a plurality of relays, and the initial charging resistor includes a plurality of resistors. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140191513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STARTING AN ENGINE - A method of starting an engine is disclosed in which two or more starter motors are used to start the engine in an alternating sequence so as to equalize wear and reduce the wear of each starter motor by a factor equal to the number of starter motors provided. The starter motors are preferably positioned so as to minimize overlap between wear patterns produced by the starter motors on a cooperating ring gear | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140210216 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device for a hybrid vehicle has an engine, a starter motor that starts the engine, a driving motor that transmits a motor torque to the engine and a drive wheel, a starting motor selective control unit that starts the engine using the starter motor in response to a driving force request by a driver of the hybrid vehicle during a selected mode of operation in which the driving motor serves as the driving source, and that starts the engine using the driving motor in response to a system request. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140265352 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle electrical system for a vehicle is described which includes an electrical energy source supplying a first vehicle electrical system branch and a second vehicle electrical system branch. The first vehicle electrical system branch include a first electrical consumer with an inrush current requirement and a first inductance connected in series with the first consumer. The second vehicle electrical system branch includes a second electrical system voltage-sensitive consumer with a minimum system voltage requirement and a second inductance connected to the second consumer in series or in parallel. The first vehicle electrical system branch and the second vehicle electrical system branch are connected electrically in parallel to one another, and the first inductance and the second inductance are magnetically coupled to one another. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140375066 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device having auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the starting motor so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375067 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device with separated-type auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the staring so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150028600 | METHOD FOR LIMITING AN INRUSH CURRENT IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CIRCUIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE STARTER, AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, CURRENT LIMITER AND STARTER - A method for limiting an inrush current, which is implemented in an electrical power circuit ( | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150300305 | MOTOR STARTER - A motor starter includes a control unit and a first current path, via which energy can be supplied to a downstream electrical motor. The first current path includes a semiconductor switch and an electromechanical switch element, the semiconductor switch and the switch element being connected in series. In order to provide a cost-effective, safe motor starter, according to an embodiment of the invention the control unit is designed such that, in order to produce an energy supply via the first current path in a first step, it ensures that the voltage currently connected via the switch element, in respect of a previous opening of the switch element, lies below the allowable maximum blocking voltage of the semiconductor switch. Subsequently in a second step, the switch element first closes and then switches the semiconductor switch to be conductive. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308395 | TUNABLE STARTER RESISTOR - A passive two-terminal circuit element may include a resistor including a carbon-metal composite resistive element. The resistive element is configured to maintain a resistivity that fluctuates less than one tenth of an ohm per ten degree temperature change up to 400 degrees Celsius. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150369200 | STARTER MOTOR - A starter motor of a vehicle is provided and includes a housing having a central longitudinal axis and at least first and second coils disposed within the housing. One of the at least first and second coils is configured to control driveshaft and ring gear engagement and the other one of the at least first and second coils is offset from the central longitudinal axis and configured to control an application of current to a motor disposed to drive rotation of a driveshaft of the vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160115933 | STARTING BATTERY FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A starting battery for use with an electric starting system includes a starter motor and a battery receiver. The starting battery includes a lithium-ion battery cell, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The voltage output terminals of the starting battery are configured to connect to two voltage output terminals of the battery receiver to complete a circuit between the lithium-ion battery cell and the starter motor when the starting battery is attached to the battery receiver. The enable terminal of the starting battery is configured to connect to an enable terminal of the battery receiver to receive an enable signal to the starting battery to allow the starting battery to provide power to the starter motor to start an internal combustion engine. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160138549 | Engine Start-Up Device, and Engine-Start-Up Control Method - The purpose of the present invention is to swiftly start up an engine in a range in which electrical equipment having electric power supplied thereto by a battery is not reset, even in cases when the battery is insufficiently charged and the battery is deteriorated. An engine start-up device according to the present invention starts up an engine by transmitting, to the engine, the rotary force of a direct-current motor driven by a battery. The engine start-up device is provided with: a battery-voltage acquisition unit for acquiring the battery voltage of the battery; a target-current-value calculation unit which calculates, on the basis of the battery voltage acquired by the battery-voltage acquisition unit, a target current value for a motor current to be supplied from the battery to the direct-current motor; and a motor-current control unit for controlling a switching element which is connected to the direct-current motor, and through which the motor current flows, such that the motor-current value of the motor current approaches the target current value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138550 | METHOD TO DECOUPLE BATTERY FROM HIGH LEVEL CRANKING CURRENTS OF DIESEL ENGINES - A method of decoupling a battery during high current cranking of an engine comprises charging a supercapacitor bank to a preselected DC supercapacitor voltage from a battery when said battery is above a preselected battery voltage, switching the supercapacitor bank to a load and switching the battery off the load, starting the engine and supplying initial voltage and current until terminal voltage of the supercapacitor is equal to terminal voltage of the battery, switching the battery into parallel with the supercapacitor, disconnecting the supercapacitor from the load, and recharging the supercapacitor to the preselected DC capacitor voltage. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20190145370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20110304156 | METHOD FOR STARTING THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine, at least one electric drive motor and a starter. The internal combustion engine optionally can be started by the starter or the electric drive motor. However, the internal combustion engine is started by the starter when the vehicle is already being driven by the electric drive motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120119516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING IN-RUSH CURRENT TO A STARTER MOTOR OF A VEHICLE - A system and method for limiting engine starting current of a starter motor of an engine is described. In one example, starter motor current is controlled according to vehicle speed. The method may allow vehicle system voltage to remain at a higher level during automatically initiated engine starts. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130099507 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE AND ENGINE STARTING METHOD - An ECU executes a program including the steps of carrying out fluctuation suppression control in a case where a request to start an engine has been made, a rotation mode has been selected, and a motor is being driven and canceling fluctuation suppression control in a case where a full drive mode has been selected and engagement between a pinion gear and a ring gear has been completed. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130147207 | STARTER MOTOR WITH DRIVE ASSEMBLY FITTED WITH A COUPLING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A PINION MOUNTED FREELY ON ITS ROTOR SHAFT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A starter comprises an electric motor which drives a rotor shaft, a drive shaft that can be rotationally coupled to the rotor shaft, and a pinion mounted on the drive shaft and movable in a translational movement between a rest position and an active position by a movement system. The starter comprises a coupling system that couples a rotary movement in one direction of rotation of the rotor shaft to the pinion. The coupling system moves from an uncoupled state into a coupled state and vice versa. In the coupled state, the rotor shaft is firmly attached to the pinion in the starting direction of rotation. In the uncoupled state, the pinion is disconnected from the rotor shaft in both directions of rotation. The starter further comprises a movement system for moving the pinion from the coupling system into the uncoupled state as it moves the pinion into active position. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20150084345 | MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle electrical system, wherein a control unit senses or detects a start-stop command for the internal combustion engine, wherein when a start-stop command is sensed or detected a switching element is switched into the first switching state and the voltage at the DC/DC output, which is connected to the switching element, is increased by a control unit by means of a control command, wherein a measuring unit senses and evaluates the voltage condition over the switching element, wherein depending upon the evaluation the start-stop command is or is not carried out by a control unit using a control command Also disclosed is a method for operating a motor vehicle electrical system. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150292464 | VEHICLE, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle comprises: a storage battery configured to store electric power; an internal combustion engine configured to be started with electric power supplied from the storage battery; an electric auxiliary configured to operate with the electric power supplied from the storage battery; and a stop start controller configured to perform a stop control of stopping the internal combustion engine according to a driving condition of the vehicle and a restart control of restarting the internal combustion engine that has been stopped by the stop control. The stop start controller includes: an auxiliary voltage acquirer configured to obtain a measured auxiliary voltage value that denotes a voltage of the electric auxiliary measured on occasion of start of the internal combustion engine; and a feasibility determiner configured to determine whether the stop control is feasible, based on the measured auxiliary voltage value. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20140001768 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENGINE, ENGINE STARTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150097375 | AUXILIARY MESH TYPE STARTER - An auxiliary mesh type starter, comprising a motor, an electromagnetic switch connected with the motor and relays connected with the electromagnetic switch, wherein the electromagnetic switch comprises a holding coil, an attracting coil, a stop seat arranged at the rear end parts of the holding coil and the attracting coil, a plunger arranged on the inner circumferences of the holding coil and the attracting coil and capable of sliding in an axial direction, a return spring for applying return force to the plunger, and a contact point arranged at the rear end of the plunger; and the relays are connected to a key switch, wherein the relays comprise a first relay and a second relay, with the head end of the attracting coil connects to the key switch via the first relay, and the head end of the holding coil connects to the key switch via the second relay. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20130328323 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and mechanism for starting an internal combustion engine, having a summed torque extending in a wave form over a rotational angle of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, by means of an electric machine which is rotationally coupled to the crankshaft and torsional elasticity which is effective between the crankshaft and the electric machine. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140028031 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - During an inertial energy storage operation, electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled such that a direct current electric power from an electric power storage device is converted into an alternating current by the inverter so as to be supplied to stator windings, such that torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an output side rotor from a stator to rotatively drive the output side rotor in a state where power transmission from the output side rotor to a drive axle is stopped. During a cranking operation after the inertial energy storage operation, the electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled to permit application of the alternating current to rotor windings, such that a torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an input side rotor from the output side rotor, thereby rotatively driving an input side rotor to crank the engine. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20110187127 | SWITCHING APPARATUS FOR STARTER - There is disclosed a switching apparatus for a starter comprising a resistor for suppressing a startup current of a motor when an engine is started, an electromagnetic relay for bypassing the resistor to energize the motor after the motor is started, a function for pushing a pinion of the starter toward a ring gear, an electromagnetic switch for opening and closing a main contact of the motor circuit. The resistor, the electromagnetic relay, and the electromagnetic switch are integrally accommodated inside a housing formed of a metallic bottomed frame and a contact cover, and are connected to the motor circuit via two external connection terminals fixed to the contact cover. The apparatus can facilitate connectivity to the vehicle side by reducing the number of cables and can enhance an installation property. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120086219 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF A STARTER CONTROL - A circuit configuration is described, for starting an internal combustion engine, using at least one starter, which includes a starter motor, an engaging relay, a switching relay and a control relay, the control relay being able to be controlled by an ignition switch, the engaging relay being able to be controlled by the control relay and a current path of the starter motor being able to be switched using the switching relay. In order for the starter, for starting an internal combustion engine, to operate more accurately, and thus to achieve a longer service life, the switching relay is able to be controlled as a function of the occurrence of a specified event, at least in the switching-off process. This has the advantage that the switching relay is able to interrupt a current path from the starter motor earlier in time, especially a main current path, so that energizing in the reverse direction is avoided. Consequently, the switching relay is able to release the current path of the starter motor specified in such a way that in the switching-off process, during the disengaging of a starter pinion, pinion bounce is clearly reduced, or even eliminated. In the switching-off process of the starter, a motion of the starter pinion back in the direction towards the ring gear, after the disengagement, is avoided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120104769 | STARTER HAVING A SWITCHABLE NUMBER OF POLE PAIRS - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120292919 | ENGINE START CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - By avoiding an excessive cranking torque when starting the engine by a motor/generator and expanding a motor running region, fuel economy is improved. For a large required acceleration, cranking torque Tcr is maintained to hold an initial value, while, when the required acceleration is small, cranking torque Tcr will be adjusted to decrease. The time between an engine start command and the instant at which engine rotation speed Ne reaches a predetermined rotation speed Ne is measured as an engine start time TMst. When the TMst is below a limit value TMst_Lim that is capable of starting the engine and acceptable, as shown at instants t | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130026767 | STARTER HAVING ENGAGEMENT DETECTION FUNCTION - The invention relates to a starter ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130062891 | ENGINE CRANKING MOTOR SOFT-START SYSTEM AND METHOD - An engine cranking motor soft-start system and method includes at least one cranking motor and a switching power converter which is coupled to the cranking motors such that the voltage across the motors varies with the converter's duty cycle. The duty cycle, and thereby the voltage across the motors, is gradually increased over a predetermined period. This serves to limit the acceleration of the cranking motors, and thereby their peak current and torque, which may serve to increase their service life. The cranking motors are typically operatively coupled to drive respective pinion gears which are brought into engagement with a ring gear when starting the engine. The system is preferably arranged such that the gradually increasing duty cycle results in the torque of the cranking motors being sufficient to break an abutment that may be present between the pinion gears and the ring gear. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130168974 | Starter Motor Assembly With Soft Start Solenoid - A solenoid in an engine starter assembly includes an electromagnetic coil operable on a plunger coupled to a shift lever to move a pinion gear into contact with the engine ring gear. The solenoid is provided with a return spring to restore the plunger to an initial position in which the pinion and ring gears are disengaged, in the absence of a coil force. A contact plate is supported on the plunger to engage open electrical contacts when the plunger is in a first position to complete an electrical circuit to drive the starter motor rotating the pinion gear at a faster speed. An over-travel spring resists movement of the plunger once the contact plate engages the electrical contacts. An auxiliary spring is disposed on the plunger to resist movement of the plunger only when the plunger travels to a position offset between the initial position and the first position. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130175809 | VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a first motor-generator, which allows cranking an engine, and an inverter, which drives the first motor-generator. During running of the vehicle, when an operation to stop the hybrid system is performed, and then when an operation to start a hybrid system is performed before the vehicle stops, an HVECU operates the inverter. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221681 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a motor that is coupled to a pinion. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. In some embodiments, the electronic control unit can be capable of being configured and arranged to circulate a priming current from a power source to the motor through at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221682 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members, a motor that is coupled to a pinion, and power module and controller that is coupled to the motor. In some embodiments, at least one of the power module and the controller are configured to control a speed of the pinion to substantially synchronize the pinion speed and the speed of an engine component. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130334827 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING A STARTER ,WHICH IS CONTROLLABLE BY A DRIVER UNIT ,FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. A method for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the driver unit being controllable by a control unit with the aid of at least one activation line, a switch, which is controllable by the control unit, being situated between the driver unit and a supply unit coupled to a supply voltage, the starter being activated with the aid of the control unit and the switch in the case of failure of the at least one activation line and/or at least one part of the driver unit. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140353979 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONVERTER FOR A STARTER MOTOR - A method is described for operating a converter for a starter motor, in particular a belt-driven starter motor, of a vehicle, including the steps of detecting a temperature of the converter, and controlling a current supplied to the converter as a function of the detected temperature using a setpoint temperature as a reference variable. In addition, the invention describes a converter for a starter motor of a vehicle which is capable of carrying out the method according to the invention. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150028599 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay for starting a motor of a starter includes a resistor to reduce an activation current that flows through the motor from a battery for activation of the motor, a relay contact that causes the starting current to flow while bypassing the resistor, a relay coil that forms an electromagnet when excited by energization, and a control circuit that controls an excited state of the relay coil for activation of the motor to open or close the relay contact, thus controlling energization of the motor from the battery via the resistor. The electromagnetic relay incorporates therein the control circuit. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150303739 | ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - An in-vehicle solar system that supplies electric energy from a solar battery module to an electric device such as a secondary battery, a load, and the like includes a capacitor that accumulates electric energy from the solar battery module and supplies the accumulated electric energy to the electric device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308397 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, capable of switching output characteristics of a starter without an electronic control unit (ECU) controlling field current flowing through field coils. The apparatus includes a starter including a wound-field-type brushed direct current (DC) motor, a bypass path electrically connected in parallel with at least part of field coils of the motor, and a switch provided along the bypass path and configured to render the bypass path conducting or non-conducting. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316017 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, including a motor, an output shaft driven by the motor, a pinion provided along the output shaft, and an electro-magnetic solenoid device. The electro-magnetic solenoid device is configured to push the pinion axially toward a ring gear of the engine to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and transfer a rotational force, which is referred to as a motor torque, generated by energization of the motor from the pinion to the ring gear, thereby starting the engine. The apparatus is configured such that, at starting of the engine in its warmed-up state, the motor torque can continue to be applied from the pinion to the ring gear until at least the second compression stroke even when an engine speed varies. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160047348 | REMOTE START CONTROL FOR VEHICLES - Methods and systems are provided for controlling a remote start feature of an engine of a vehicle. A receiver is configured to receive a signal to initiate a remote start of the engine. A processor is coupled to the receiver, and is configured to initiate the remote start after receiving the signal; set a timer that measures an amount of time after which the remote start has been initiated, for a duration of the remote start; extend the remote start upon detection of an action by an individual proximate the vehicle before the amount of time exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and terminate the remote start after the amount of time exceeds the first predetermined threshold if no action has been detected during the duration of the remote start. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160123292 | COLD TEMPERATURE ENGINE START STRATEGIES - A method of starting a vehicle may include, in response to an expected driver entry, stroking a clutch configured to couple an engine to an electric machine for a predetermined time period. The method may further include, in response to an engine start request received during the predetermined time period, providing power to the electric machine to spin the electric machine at a speed at least equal to a target engine cranking speed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160153419 | Hybrid Vehicle | 06-02-2016 |
| 20080258472 | Method of Controlling Power Supply to an Electric Starter - The invention relates to a method of controlling the power supply to an electric starter that drives heat engine of a vehicle, in which the starter power supply is stopped after each supply phase for a first pre-determined period T | 10-23-2008 |
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| 20080211235 | Device For Controlling a Heat Engine Starter, Such as That of a Motor Vehicle, and Starter Comprising One Such Device - The invention relates to a device for controlling a starter for a heat engine that is equipped with an electric motor having a field coil with several windings and an armature winding, both of which are mounted in series, comprising a power contact which is equipped with terminals, one of said terminals being connected to the positive terminal (+Bat) of a battery and the other terminal being connected to the field coil having several windings. The inventive device comprises first means which, in a first phase upon closure of the power contact, activate part of the windings of the field coil and second delayed-action means which, in a second phase during which the power contact is always closed, activate at least a large number of the windings of the coil. The invention is intended for the heat engine starter of a vehicle. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080265586 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage device for storing energy for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a DC-DC converter, a plurality of capacitors connected electrically to the DC-DC converter, and a housing for containing the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The DC-DC converter converts a voltage provided by the motor vehicle's battery to a second voltage stored by the capacitors. During an engine start cycle, energy discharges from the capacitors to the starter motor of the engine, wherein the stored voltage of the capacitors provides energy to start the engine. The capacitors are recharged by the vehicle's battery. A thermally insulated barrier separates the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The housing may be sized and shaped substantially as that of a standard motor vehicle battery, enabling the energy storage device to be installed within the motor vehicle as a substitute for one or more of the vehicle's batteries. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090224557 | ENGINE STOP/START SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A method of operating an engine stop/start system includes connecting an armature of a starter motor to the engine through an overrunning clutch when the engine changes a rotational direction. | 09-10-2009 |
| 20090250942 | ENGINE STARTER - An electromagnetic controller includes an exciting coil unit that is provided with a coil main body and an exciting piece that is positioned at a tip end side of the coil main body so as to be magnetized according to an excitation of the coil main body; and a plunger that is disposed in a ring-shaped space formed at an inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to be movable in the ring-shaped space in an axial center direction, the plunger being displaceable from a non-acting position to an acting position at a tip end side under an attracting force based on magnetization of the exciting piece, wherein an urging member is provided at the inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to urge the plunger to a side of the non-acting position according to demagnetization of the exciting piece. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090284022 | PORTABLE POWER DRIVEN EQUIPMENT WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMBINED BATTERY CHARGING AND STARTING CIRCUIT WHERE THE BATTERY IS A REMOVABLE BATTERY PACK - A portable generator system having a generator for generating an electrical output signal, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a starter for starting the internal combustion engine, an alternator for generating an AC signal for powering a charger assembly, a battery pack, and a charger subsystem. The charger system has a charger assembly that receives the AC signal and generates a DC charging signal for recharging the battery pack. The charger assembly has a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is used to apply an output of the battery to energize the starter. The second switch, when placed in a Start position, enables current from the battery pack to energize the starter while inhibiting the application of the DC charging signal to the battery pack. When placed in the Charge position, the second switch inhibits the battery pack output from energizing the starter while enabling the DC charging signal to be applied to the battery pack. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090322101 | Engine Cranking System and Method - A vehicle has an engine, a starter motor, an energy storage system (ESS) for powering an auxiliary system, and a supercapacitor module for powering the starter motor during engine cranking and starting. The supercapacitor module disconnects from the starter motor to recharge. A DC-DC booster converter increases the level of voltage supplied from the ESS so as to charge the supercapacitor module to a relatively higher voltage level, such as approximately 125 to 140 percent of the voltage level supplied by the ESS. A method for preventing voltage sag in an auxiliary system of the vehicle includes disconnecting the supercapacitor module from the starter motor when the engine is running, and then charging the supercapacitor module using the ESS until a cranking support voltage equals a stored target voltage. A detected commanded cranking and starting of the engine causes the connection of the supercapacitor module to the starter motor. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100244459 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENGINE START CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for starting an engine in a vehicle, the engine including a starter, the vehicle including a plurality of energy storage devices electrically coupled to the starter. One example method comprises, during a first charging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in parallel to each other; and during a second discharging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in series to each other and to the starter to actuate the starter and rotate the engine. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100264670 | STARTER FOR STARTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a starter for starting an internal combustion engine with a first output shaft to which a ring gear is coupled, a motor has a second output shaft to which a movable pinion member is coupled and is operative to, when energized, rotate the second output shaft. A solenoid device includes a solenoid actuator linked to the movable pinion member. The solenoid actuator is configured to, when activated, shift the movable pinion member toward the ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. The solenoid device includes a solenoid switch configure to, when activated, energize the motor. The solenoid actuator and the solenoid switch are integrated with each other to provide the solenoid device. A controller module is configured to individually control an activation of the solenoid actuator and an activation of the solenoid switch. The controller module is mounted on the solenoid device. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110042969 | CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR AN AC STARTER-GENERATOR SYSTEM - An aircraft engine starting system may comprise a starter motor, a start controller for controlling the starter motor to operate with a desired torque output, and a processor for determining torque profiles for the starter motor. The processor may provide an initial torque profile responsively to ambient condition of the engine. The processor may also provide modifications to the initial torque profile responsively to temperature of the start controller. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110049910 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motor generator is connected to a high voltage battery through an inverter. A voltage of the high voltage battery is decreased and is applied to a low voltage battery through a DC-DC converter. At time of starting an engine, a starting operation of a starter is executed by applying an output voltage of the DC-DC converter | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110095545 | ENGINE STARTER AND RESISTOR SHORT-CIRCUITING DEVICE - Provided is an engine starter having a simple structure and excellent in stability and reliability, which starts an engine while preventing an occurrence of instantaneous interruption in an electrical device mounted in a vehicle. An engine starter for driving a starter motor by closing a starter switch | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110101704 | Starter - A starter comprises: an electric motor with an enclosure; a gear train mounted to one end of the motor; and a switch module for controlling operation of the motor. The switch module has an enclosure. The enclosure of the switch module and the enclosure of the motor are integrally formed as a single housing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110115238 | STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110198862 | ENGINE STARTER WITH IMPROVED FIXING STRUCTURE OF AUXILIARY ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH - Disclosed is a starter for starting an engine. The starter includes a starter main body, a main electromagnetic switch, and an auxiliary electromagnetic switch. The starter main body includes a motor that generates torque upon being supplied with electric power. The main electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively opening and closing an electric circuit for supplying electric power from a battery to the motor. The auxiliary electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively switching the electric circuit between a high-resistance path and a low-resistance path. The starter is characterized in that the auxiliary electromagnetic switch is fixed to a fixture, and the fixture is fixed to only one of the starter main body and the main electromagnetic switch. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198863 | Starter Relay Control - A starter control system is disclosed. In one example, the starter control system allows both automatic and manual control over an engine starting sequence. The starter control system can enhance starter control system flexibility. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110221210 | ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM WITH HIGH-AND LOW-SPEED MODES OF MOTOR OPERATION - An engine starting apparatus includes a first and a second power supply path extending from a battery to an electric motor to start an engine. An electromagnetic switch has main contacts disposed in the first power supply path. A resistor is disposed in the second power supply path. A motor relay has relay contacts disposed in series with the resistor. A controller delays the time when the main contacts are closed to apply a full voltage of the battery to the motor until a given time lag has elapsed after the relay contacts are closed to supply electric current to the electric motor through the resistor. Specifically, when it is required to apply the full voltage to the motor to run the motor at a rated speed, the current does not pass through the relay contacts, thus resulting in no voltage drop, which ensures the stability in starting the engine. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110304157 | Time Delay Contactor For Aircraft APU Starter - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304158 | TIME DELAY CONTACTOR FOR AIRCRAFT APU STARTER - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120032453 | STARTER CONTROLLER - A relay is provided in a power supply line from a battery to a motor of a starter in a vehicle. The relay is selectively switched between a contact side state where contacts short-circuit and a resistor side state where the contacts open and a resistor is inserted into the power supply line in series. When an engine is started, an ECU controlling the starter energizes the motor by driving the relay to the resistor side only for a first predetermined time in order to suppress inrush current and voltage fall due to the inrush current. The ECU detects a contact side state fixation abnormality of the relay based on a battery voltage at the time when the motor is energized by driving the relay to the resistor side. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120068475 | STARTER MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT START SOLENOID - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a pull-in coil and a hold-in coil positioned axially adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is positioned within the pull-in coil and configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil is energized. The plunger is separated from a plunger stop in the axial direction by an air gap when the pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are not energized. When the pull-in coil and hold-in coil are energized, a shoulder of the plunger moves in an axial direction toward the plunger stop. The pull-in coil is positioned in the solenoid such that it is removed from the plunger stop in the axial direction. In contrast, the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068476 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH SPOOL FOR RETAINING COILS - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a spool including a first coil bay, a second coil bay, and an interior passage defining an axial direction. A first coil is positioned in the first coil bay of the spool, and a second coil positioned in the second coil bay of the spool. A plunger is positioned within the interior passage of the spool and configured to move in the axial direction when the first coil is energized. The first coil bay is positioned adjacent to the second coil bay in the axial direction. The spool further includes two end flanges and a middle flange. The middle flange separates the first coil bay from the second coil bay. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068477 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH RECTANGULAR COIL WINDING - A solenoid for a vehicle starter includes a pull-in coil made of a length of rectangular wire and a hold-in coil adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil made of rectangular wire is energized. The pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are positioned on a spool with the plunger slideably positioned within a central passage of the spool. The plunger is configured to engage a plunger stop when the pull-in coil is energized. In at least one embodiment, the hold-in coil is separated from the plunger stop in the axial direction and the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120119517 | DEVICE FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE USING AN IMPROVED CONTROL UNIT - A device for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described, which has a starter motor, an engaging relay, a starting current relay, a main current relay, a control unit and a switching module situated between the relays named and the control unit. The control unit is an engine control unit of the motor vehicle. The switching module has inputs which are connected to one output, respectively, of the engine control unit, and has outputs at which control signals for the relays named are provided. The outputs of the engine control unit are small signal outputs. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120126547 | DC MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT STARTING CAPABILITY - A DC motor assembly ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120139263 | Method and device for operating a starter of a vehicle - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a position of a starter pinion is detected, and an advance of the starter pinion is regulated as a function of the detected position. For example, the advance during the meshing of the starter pinion with a starter ring gear of a drive motor of the vehicle is regulated | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120153637 | ENGINE SYSTEM - To provide an engine system with which in a case where a power supply voltage whose specification is to be changed is higher than an expected voltage, the specification of the power supply voltage from an alternating-current power supply can be changed at low cost without providing an additional transformer.
| 06-21-2012 |
| 20120153638 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - Engine control device includes a delay unit which delays or cuts off a flow of current from a first current system, which directs current to a coil, to a second current system, which directs current to a starter motor. When a starter switch, which turns the flow of current from the power source to the first current system on or off, is turned on and electricity flows to the first current system, the delay unit delays the current flowing from the first current system to the second current system. When electricity flows to the first current system as a result of a controller having turned a first switch on, the delay unit cuts off the flow of electricity from the first current system to the second current system. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120175890 | Control and method of a starter motor for a starter device - A control is described for a starter device of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having a starter motor, a first current path and at least one additional second current path, which is connected in parallel to the first current path, for energizing the starter motor, the first current path having an switching device, in particular a starter relay. In order to improve an energization of the starter motor, the control is in operative contact with a testing device for checking a switching state of the switching device and provided with an adapter for adapting the energization of the switching device. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120200093 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR A STARTING DEVICE - A circuit configuration for an electric machine, e.g., a starter motor for starting an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, includes a current limiting device for limiting a starting current of the electric machine. The circuit configuration includes a bridging device for bridging the current limiting device. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120306217 | STARTER WITH NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A starter includes a motor, an electromagnetic switch, and a noise reduction device. The motor is connected to a power supply line via a motor lead line, and produces torque by power supplied from a battery. The electromagnetic switch includes an electric contact connected to the power supply line via a battery-side terminal and a motor-side terminal, and opens and closes the electric contact in conjunction with on-off operation of a solenoid. The noise reduction device includes at least one capacitor inserted between ground and the power supply line, and reduces noise produced from the motor. In the starter, a conductor is inserted between the motor-side terminal and the motor lead line as an inductance component capable of increasing an impedance of a starter equivalent circuit of the starter. The at least one capacitor is inserted between ground and one end of the conductor connected to the motor-side terminal. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120313381 | STARTER CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A starter circuit includes a battery, a starter electrically coupled with the battery, a relay disposed between the battery and the starter, and a starter switch mounted remotely from the starter. The starter includes a switch assembly and a starter motor. The switch assembly includes an actuator and a start signal switch. The relay is configured to operate to provide current to the switch assembly to close the start signal switch in response to a received signal. The starter switch closes in response to the start signal switch being closed, whereby the battery delivers current to the starter motor when the starter switch is closed. A starter unit is also disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130175810 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR STARTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STARTER - An ECU executes a program including the steps of selecting a rotation mode in a case where a request to start an engine has been made and an engine rotation speed is equal to or lower than α | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221683 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a first and a second coil winding. The starter machine can also include a motor that is coupled to a pinion. The starter machine can comprise an electromagnetic switch that is coupled to the first coil winding and is configured to regulate a priming current passing through the first coil winding. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to the first winding and the control unit can be capable of closing the electromagnetic switch to circulate the priming current from a power source to the motor through the first coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A STARTER OF A VEHICLE - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a physical variable is measured, and a starter current of the starter is limited or not limited as a function of the measured physical variable, the limiting action being terminated after a predetermined period of time in the event that the starter current is limited. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130234446 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A control device for controlling a rotary electrical machine functioning as a motor and as a power generator, the device being provided with a power conversion circuit serving to function as an inverter for supplying a drive current from a battery to the rotary electrical machine and as a rectifier for rectifying the power generation output of the rotary electrical machine and supplying the output to the battery; and being provided with a controller for controlling the conversion circuit so that three-phase armature coils of the rotary electrical machine are short-circuited when the battery is disconnected from the conversion circuit and the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit becomes excessive, after which, when the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit decreases to a set low voltage, the short circuit of one phase of the armature coil is released and only two phases are short-circuited. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130257062 | POWER CIRCUIT - A power circuit includes a boost circuit having a boost switching element, a coil provided between a battery and the boost switching element and a rectifier element provided between the coil and a load, a first switch connected to the boost circuit in parallel, a current detection circuit detecting current flowing through the first switch and a control circuit turning on the first switch during a normal state other than a restart of an engine after an idling stop and turning off the first switch and controlling an operation of the boost switching element at a restart of the engine after an idling stop so that voltage of the battery is boosted and supplied to the load. The control circuit determines based on the current detected by the current detection circuit during the normal state whether or not the first switch has an open fault. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130300129 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric machine including a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, a first field having a plurality of windings that defines at least one wound pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, a second field having at least one permanent magnet (PM) that defines at least one PM pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, and a relay electrically coupled to the plurality of windings of the first field. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300130 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MOTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric starter motor includes a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, and a primary field mounted to the frame. The primary field includes a plurality of primary windings electrically connected one to another. A relay is electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of poles. A supplemental field is mounted to the frame. The supplemental field includes a supplemental winding electrically connected in parallel to the plurality of primary windings. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300131 | METHOD OF OPERATING VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS - A method of operating a variable flux electric machine includes passing an electrical current through a plurality of wound poles of a wound field to generate a first flux, rotating an armature at a first crank point having a first speed in response to the first flux, shorting at least one of the plurality of wound poles, generating a second flux through a permanent magnet (PM) field having a plurality of PM poles, and rotating the armature at a second crank point having a second speed in response to the second flux, the second speed being greater than the first speed. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140028032 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER STORAGE DEVICE - When electric power exceeding output allowable power at an engine startup time is output from a power storage device, deviated from a predetermined period of time during which the output allowable power of the power storage device is switched, an ECU suppresses increase of the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine. Specifically, the ECU modifies the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine from a first value to a second value lower than the first value, based on a period of time before deviation is eliminated. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035292 | System and Method for Limiting a Starting Current - For the electrical protection of a current control device | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140138960 | Method for jump starting a vehicle - A method for jump starting a vehicle comprising causing a control unit to set a reference voltage by choosing a point from a chart plotting voltage across a starting battery versus time during a vehicle start; determining whether the voltage across a starting battery of the vehicle is less than the reference voltage; closing a switch if the determination is positive, thereby causing an external power source to supply high current to the starting battery; adding the high current and current from the starting battery to obtain a total current; and supplying the total current to a starter motor of the vehicle so as to start the vehicle. An apparatus for thus jump starting a vehicle is also disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140175806 | EMERGENCY STARTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL HYBRID VEHICLE - An emergency starting system and an emergency starting method of a fuel cell hybrid vehicle perform an emergency start when a DC power converter for starting fails. The emergency starting system includes: a fuel cell and a super capacitor connected through a main bus terminal in parallel; a driving inverter connected to the main bus terminal; a driving motor connected to the driving inverter; a balance-of-plant configured to activate the fuel cell; a starting DC power converter configured to drive the balance-of-plant; and a starting controller configured to control the super capacitor at the time of a start. The starting controller includes a super capacitor relay, an initial charging relay, and an initial charging resistor, the initial charging relay includes a plurality of relays, and the initial charging resistor includes a plurality of resistors. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140191513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STARTING AN ENGINE - A method of starting an engine is disclosed in which two or more starter motors are used to start the engine in an alternating sequence so as to equalize wear and reduce the wear of each starter motor by a factor equal to the number of starter motors provided. The starter motors are preferably positioned so as to minimize overlap between wear patterns produced by the starter motors on a cooperating ring gear | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140210216 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device for a hybrid vehicle has an engine, a starter motor that starts the engine, a driving motor that transmits a motor torque to the engine and a drive wheel, a starting motor selective control unit that starts the engine using the starter motor in response to a driving force request by a driver of the hybrid vehicle during a selected mode of operation in which the driving motor serves as the driving source, and that starts the engine using the driving motor in response to a system request. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140265352 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle electrical system for a vehicle is described which includes an electrical energy source supplying a first vehicle electrical system branch and a second vehicle electrical system branch. The first vehicle electrical system branch include a first electrical consumer with an inrush current requirement and a first inductance connected in series with the first consumer. The second vehicle electrical system branch includes a second electrical system voltage-sensitive consumer with a minimum system voltage requirement and a second inductance connected to the second consumer in series or in parallel. The first vehicle electrical system branch and the second vehicle electrical system branch are connected electrically in parallel to one another, and the first inductance and the second inductance are magnetically coupled to one another. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140375066 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device having auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the starting motor so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375067 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device with separated-type auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the staring so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150028600 | METHOD FOR LIMITING AN INRUSH CURRENT IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CIRCUIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE STARTER, AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, CURRENT LIMITER AND STARTER - A method for limiting an inrush current, which is implemented in an electrical power circuit ( | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150300305 | MOTOR STARTER - A motor starter includes a control unit and a first current path, via which energy can be supplied to a downstream electrical motor. The first current path includes a semiconductor switch and an electromechanical switch element, the semiconductor switch and the switch element being connected in series. In order to provide a cost-effective, safe motor starter, according to an embodiment of the invention the control unit is designed such that, in order to produce an energy supply via the first current path in a first step, it ensures that the voltage currently connected via the switch element, in respect of a previous opening of the switch element, lies below the allowable maximum blocking voltage of the semiconductor switch. Subsequently in a second step, the switch element first closes and then switches the semiconductor switch to be conductive. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308395 | TUNABLE STARTER RESISTOR - A passive two-terminal circuit element may include a resistor including a carbon-metal composite resistive element. The resistive element is configured to maintain a resistivity that fluctuates less than one tenth of an ohm per ten degree temperature change up to 400 degrees Celsius. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150369200 | STARTER MOTOR - A starter motor of a vehicle is provided and includes a housing having a central longitudinal axis and at least first and second coils disposed within the housing. One of the at least first and second coils is configured to control driveshaft and ring gear engagement and the other one of the at least first and second coils is offset from the central longitudinal axis and configured to control an application of current to a motor disposed to drive rotation of a driveshaft of the vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160115933 | STARTING BATTERY FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A starting battery for use with an electric starting system includes a starter motor and a battery receiver. The starting battery includes a lithium-ion battery cell, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The voltage output terminals of the starting battery are configured to connect to two voltage output terminals of the battery receiver to complete a circuit between the lithium-ion battery cell and the starter motor when the starting battery is attached to the battery receiver. The enable terminal of the starting battery is configured to connect to an enable terminal of the battery receiver to receive an enable signal to the starting battery to allow the starting battery to provide power to the starter motor to start an internal combustion engine. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160138549 | Engine Start-Up Device, and Engine-Start-Up Control Method - The purpose of the present invention is to swiftly start up an engine in a range in which electrical equipment having electric power supplied thereto by a battery is not reset, even in cases when the battery is insufficiently charged and the battery is deteriorated. An engine start-up device according to the present invention starts up an engine by transmitting, to the engine, the rotary force of a direct-current motor driven by a battery. The engine start-up device is provided with: a battery-voltage acquisition unit for acquiring the battery voltage of the battery; a target-current-value calculation unit which calculates, on the basis of the battery voltage acquired by the battery-voltage acquisition unit, a target current value for a motor current to be supplied from the battery to the direct-current motor; and a motor-current control unit for controlling a switching element which is connected to the direct-current motor, and through which the motor current flows, such that the motor-current value of the motor current approaches the target current value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138550 | METHOD TO DECOUPLE BATTERY FROM HIGH LEVEL CRANKING CURRENTS OF DIESEL ENGINES - A method of decoupling a battery during high current cranking of an engine comprises charging a supercapacitor bank to a preselected DC supercapacitor voltage from a battery when said battery is above a preselected battery voltage, switching the supercapacitor bank to a load and switching the battery off the load, starting the engine and supplying initial voltage and current until terminal voltage of the supercapacitor is equal to terminal voltage of the battery, switching the battery into parallel with the supercapacitor, disconnecting the supercapacitor from the load, and recharging the supercapacitor to the preselected DC capacitor voltage. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20190145370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20110304156 | METHOD FOR STARTING THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine, at least one electric drive motor and a starter. The internal combustion engine optionally can be started by the starter or the electric drive motor. However, the internal combustion engine is started by the starter when the vehicle is already being driven by the electric drive motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120119516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING IN-RUSH CURRENT TO A STARTER MOTOR OF A VEHICLE - A system and method for limiting engine starting current of a starter motor of an engine is described. In one example, starter motor current is controlled according to vehicle speed. The method may allow vehicle system voltage to remain at a higher level during automatically initiated engine starts. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130099507 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE AND ENGINE STARTING METHOD - An ECU executes a program including the steps of carrying out fluctuation suppression control in a case where a request to start an engine has been made, a rotation mode has been selected, and a motor is being driven and canceling fluctuation suppression control in a case where a full drive mode has been selected and engagement between a pinion gear and a ring gear has been completed. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130147207 | STARTER MOTOR WITH DRIVE ASSEMBLY FITTED WITH A COUPLING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A PINION MOUNTED FREELY ON ITS ROTOR SHAFT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A starter comprises an electric motor which drives a rotor shaft, a drive shaft that can be rotationally coupled to the rotor shaft, and a pinion mounted on the drive shaft and movable in a translational movement between a rest position and an active position by a movement system. The starter comprises a coupling system that couples a rotary movement in one direction of rotation of the rotor shaft to the pinion. The coupling system moves from an uncoupled state into a coupled state and vice versa. In the coupled state, the rotor shaft is firmly attached to the pinion in the starting direction of rotation. In the uncoupled state, the pinion is disconnected from the rotor shaft in both directions of rotation. The starter further comprises a movement system for moving the pinion from the coupling system into the uncoupled state as it moves the pinion into active position. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20150084345 | MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle electrical system, wherein a control unit senses or detects a start-stop command for the internal combustion engine, wherein when a start-stop command is sensed or detected a switching element is switched into the first switching state and the voltage at the DC/DC output, which is connected to the switching element, is increased by a control unit by means of a control command, wherein a measuring unit senses and evaluates the voltage condition over the switching element, wherein depending upon the evaluation the start-stop command is or is not carried out by a control unit using a control command Also disclosed is a method for operating a motor vehicle electrical system. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150292464 | VEHICLE, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle comprises: a storage battery configured to store electric power; an internal combustion engine configured to be started with electric power supplied from the storage battery; an electric auxiliary configured to operate with the electric power supplied from the storage battery; and a stop start controller configured to perform a stop control of stopping the internal combustion engine according to a driving condition of the vehicle and a restart control of restarting the internal combustion engine that has been stopped by the stop control. The stop start controller includes: an auxiliary voltage acquirer configured to obtain a measured auxiliary voltage value that denotes a voltage of the electric auxiliary measured on occasion of start of the internal combustion engine; and a feasibility determiner configured to determine whether the stop control is feasible, based on the measured auxiliary voltage value. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20140001768 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENGINE, ENGINE STARTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150097375 | AUXILIARY MESH TYPE STARTER - An auxiliary mesh type starter, comprising a motor, an electromagnetic switch connected with the motor and relays connected with the electromagnetic switch, wherein the electromagnetic switch comprises a holding coil, an attracting coil, a stop seat arranged at the rear end parts of the holding coil and the attracting coil, a plunger arranged on the inner circumferences of the holding coil and the attracting coil and capable of sliding in an axial direction, a return spring for applying return force to the plunger, and a contact point arranged at the rear end of the plunger; and the relays are connected to a key switch, wherein the relays comprise a first relay and a second relay, with the head end of the attracting coil connects to the key switch via the first relay, and the head end of the holding coil connects to the key switch via the second relay. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20130328323 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and mechanism for starting an internal combustion engine, having a summed torque extending in a wave form over a rotational angle of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, by means of an electric machine which is rotationally coupled to the crankshaft and torsional elasticity which is effective between the crankshaft and the electric machine. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140028031 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - During an inertial energy storage operation, electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled such that a direct current electric power from an electric power storage device is converted into an alternating current by the inverter so as to be supplied to stator windings, such that torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an output side rotor from a stator to rotatively drive the output side rotor in a state where power transmission from the output side rotor to a drive axle is stopped. During a cranking operation after the inertial energy storage operation, the electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled to permit application of the alternating current to rotor windings, such that a torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an input side rotor from the output side rotor, thereby rotatively driving an input side rotor to crank the engine. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20110187127 | SWITCHING APPARATUS FOR STARTER - There is disclosed a switching apparatus for a starter comprising a resistor for suppressing a startup current of a motor when an engine is started, an electromagnetic relay for bypassing the resistor to energize the motor after the motor is started, a function for pushing a pinion of the starter toward a ring gear, an electromagnetic switch for opening and closing a main contact of the motor circuit. The resistor, the electromagnetic relay, and the electromagnetic switch are integrally accommodated inside a housing formed of a metallic bottomed frame and a contact cover, and are connected to the motor circuit via two external connection terminals fixed to the contact cover. The apparatus can facilitate connectivity to the vehicle side by reducing the number of cables and can enhance an installation property. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120086219 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF A STARTER CONTROL - A circuit configuration is described, for starting an internal combustion engine, using at least one starter, which includes a starter motor, an engaging relay, a switching relay and a control relay, the control relay being able to be controlled by an ignition switch, the engaging relay being able to be controlled by the control relay and a current path of the starter motor being able to be switched using the switching relay. In order for the starter, for starting an internal combustion engine, to operate more accurately, and thus to achieve a longer service life, the switching relay is able to be controlled as a function of the occurrence of a specified event, at least in the switching-off process. This has the advantage that the switching relay is able to interrupt a current path from the starter motor earlier in time, especially a main current path, so that energizing in the reverse direction is avoided. Consequently, the switching relay is able to release the current path of the starter motor specified in such a way that in the switching-off process, during the disengaging of a starter pinion, pinion bounce is clearly reduced, or even eliminated. In the switching-off process of the starter, a motion of the starter pinion back in the direction towards the ring gear, after the disengagement, is avoided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120104769 | STARTER HAVING A SWITCHABLE NUMBER OF POLE PAIRS - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120292919 | ENGINE START CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - By avoiding an excessive cranking torque when starting the engine by a motor/generator and expanding a motor running region, fuel economy is improved. For a large required acceleration, cranking torque Tcr is maintained to hold an initial value, while, when the required acceleration is small, cranking torque Tcr will be adjusted to decrease. The time between an engine start command and the instant at which engine rotation speed Ne reaches a predetermined rotation speed Ne is measured as an engine start time TMst. When the TMst is below a limit value TMst_Lim that is capable of starting the engine and acceptable, as shown at instants t | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130026767 | STARTER HAVING ENGAGEMENT DETECTION FUNCTION - The invention relates to a starter ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130062891 | ENGINE CRANKING MOTOR SOFT-START SYSTEM AND METHOD - An engine cranking motor soft-start system and method includes at least one cranking motor and a switching power converter which is coupled to the cranking motors such that the voltage across the motors varies with the converter's duty cycle. The duty cycle, and thereby the voltage across the motors, is gradually increased over a predetermined period. This serves to limit the acceleration of the cranking motors, and thereby their peak current and torque, which may serve to increase their service life. The cranking motors are typically operatively coupled to drive respective pinion gears which are brought into engagement with a ring gear when starting the engine. The system is preferably arranged such that the gradually increasing duty cycle results in the torque of the cranking motors being sufficient to break an abutment that may be present between the pinion gears and the ring gear. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130168974 | Starter Motor Assembly With Soft Start Solenoid - A solenoid in an engine starter assembly includes an electromagnetic coil operable on a plunger coupled to a shift lever to move a pinion gear into contact with the engine ring gear. The solenoid is provided with a return spring to restore the plunger to an initial position in which the pinion and ring gears are disengaged, in the absence of a coil force. A contact plate is supported on the plunger to engage open electrical contacts when the plunger is in a first position to complete an electrical circuit to drive the starter motor rotating the pinion gear at a faster speed. An over-travel spring resists movement of the plunger once the contact plate engages the electrical contacts. An auxiliary spring is disposed on the plunger to resist movement of the plunger only when the plunger travels to a position offset between the initial position and the first position. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130175809 | VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a first motor-generator, which allows cranking an engine, and an inverter, which drives the first motor-generator. During running of the vehicle, when an operation to stop the hybrid system is performed, and then when an operation to start a hybrid system is performed before the vehicle stops, an HVECU operates the inverter. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221681 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a motor that is coupled to a pinion. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. In some embodiments, the electronic control unit can be capable of being configured and arranged to circulate a priming current from a power source to the motor through at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221682 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members, a motor that is coupled to a pinion, and power module and controller that is coupled to the motor. In some embodiments, at least one of the power module and the controller are configured to control a speed of the pinion to substantially synchronize the pinion speed and the speed of an engine component. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130334827 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING A STARTER ,WHICH IS CONTROLLABLE BY A DRIVER UNIT ,FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. A method for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the driver unit being controllable by a control unit with the aid of at least one activation line, a switch, which is controllable by the control unit, being situated between the driver unit and a supply unit coupled to a supply voltage, the starter being activated with the aid of the control unit and the switch in the case of failure of the at least one activation line and/or at least one part of the driver unit. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140353979 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONVERTER FOR A STARTER MOTOR - A method is described for operating a converter for a starter motor, in particular a belt-driven starter motor, of a vehicle, including the steps of detecting a temperature of the converter, and controlling a current supplied to the converter as a function of the detected temperature using a setpoint temperature as a reference variable. In addition, the invention describes a converter for a starter motor of a vehicle which is capable of carrying out the method according to the invention. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150028599 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay for starting a motor of a starter includes a resistor to reduce an activation current that flows through the motor from a battery for activation of the motor, a relay contact that causes the starting current to flow while bypassing the resistor, a relay coil that forms an electromagnet when excited by energization, and a control circuit that controls an excited state of the relay coil for activation of the motor to open or close the relay contact, thus controlling energization of the motor from the battery via the resistor. The electromagnetic relay incorporates therein the control circuit. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150303739 | ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - An in-vehicle solar system that supplies electric energy from a solar battery module to an electric device such as a secondary battery, a load, and the like includes a capacitor that accumulates electric energy from the solar battery module and supplies the accumulated electric energy to the electric device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308397 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, capable of switching output characteristics of a starter without an electronic control unit (ECU) controlling field current flowing through field coils. The apparatus includes a starter including a wound-field-type brushed direct current (DC) motor, a bypass path electrically connected in parallel with at least part of field coils of the motor, and a switch provided along the bypass path and configured to render the bypass path conducting or non-conducting. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316017 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, including a motor, an output shaft driven by the motor, a pinion provided along the output shaft, and an electro-magnetic solenoid device. The electro-magnetic solenoid device is configured to push the pinion axially toward a ring gear of the engine to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and transfer a rotational force, which is referred to as a motor torque, generated by energization of the motor from the pinion to the ring gear, thereby starting the engine. The apparatus is configured such that, at starting of the engine in its warmed-up state, the motor torque can continue to be applied from the pinion to the ring gear until at least the second compression stroke even when an engine speed varies. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160047348 | REMOTE START CONTROL FOR VEHICLES - Methods and systems are provided for controlling a remote start feature of an engine of a vehicle. A receiver is configured to receive a signal to initiate a remote start of the engine. A processor is coupled to the receiver, and is configured to initiate the remote start after receiving the signal; set a timer that measures an amount of time after which the remote start has been initiated, for a duration of the remote start; extend the remote start upon detection of an action by an individual proximate the vehicle before the amount of time exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and terminate the remote start after the amount of time exceeds the first predetermined threshold if no action has been detected during the duration of the remote start. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160123292 | COLD TEMPERATURE ENGINE START STRATEGIES - A method of starting a vehicle may include, in response to an expected driver entry, stroking a clutch configured to couple an engine to an electric machine for a predetermined time period. The method may further include, in response to an engine start request received during the predetermined time period, providing power to the electric machine to spin the electric machine at a speed at least equal to a target engine cranking speed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160153419 | Hybrid Vehicle | 06-02-2016 |
| 20080258472 | Method of Controlling Power Supply to an Electric Starter - The invention relates to a method of controlling the power supply to an electric starter that drives heat engine of a vehicle, in which the starter power supply is stopped after each supply phase for a first pre-determined period T | 10-23-2008 |
| 290038000 | Inertia starters | 2 |
| 20080211235 | Device For Controlling a Heat Engine Starter, Such as That of a Motor Vehicle, and Starter Comprising One Such Device - The invention relates to a device for controlling a starter for a heat engine that is equipped with an electric motor having a field coil with several windings and an armature winding, both of which are mounted in series, comprising a power contact which is equipped with terminals, one of said terminals being connected to the positive terminal (+Bat) of a battery and the other terminal being connected to the field coil having several windings. The inventive device comprises first means which, in a first phase upon closure of the power contact, activate part of the windings of the field coil and second delayed-action means which, in a second phase during which the power contact is always closed, activate at least a large number of the windings of the coil. The invention is intended for the heat engine starter of a vehicle. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080265586 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage device for storing energy for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a DC-DC converter, a plurality of capacitors connected electrically to the DC-DC converter, and a housing for containing the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The DC-DC converter converts a voltage provided by the motor vehicle's battery to a second voltage stored by the capacitors. During an engine start cycle, energy discharges from the capacitors to the starter motor of the engine, wherein the stored voltage of the capacitors provides energy to start the engine. The capacitors are recharged by the vehicle's battery. A thermally insulated barrier separates the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The housing may be sized and shaped substantially as that of a standard motor vehicle battery, enabling the energy storage device to be installed within the motor vehicle as a substitute for one or more of the vehicle's batteries. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090224557 | ENGINE STOP/START SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A method of operating an engine stop/start system includes connecting an armature of a starter motor to the engine through an overrunning clutch when the engine changes a rotational direction. | 09-10-2009 |
| 20090250942 | ENGINE STARTER - An electromagnetic controller includes an exciting coil unit that is provided with a coil main body and an exciting piece that is positioned at a tip end side of the coil main body so as to be magnetized according to an excitation of the coil main body; and a plunger that is disposed in a ring-shaped space formed at an inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to be movable in the ring-shaped space in an axial center direction, the plunger being displaceable from a non-acting position to an acting position at a tip end side under an attracting force based on magnetization of the exciting piece, wherein an urging member is provided at the inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to urge the plunger to a side of the non-acting position according to demagnetization of the exciting piece. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090284022 | PORTABLE POWER DRIVEN EQUIPMENT WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMBINED BATTERY CHARGING AND STARTING CIRCUIT WHERE THE BATTERY IS A REMOVABLE BATTERY PACK - A portable generator system having a generator for generating an electrical output signal, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a starter for starting the internal combustion engine, an alternator for generating an AC signal for powering a charger assembly, a battery pack, and a charger subsystem. The charger system has a charger assembly that receives the AC signal and generates a DC charging signal for recharging the battery pack. The charger assembly has a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is used to apply an output of the battery to energize the starter. The second switch, when placed in a Start position, enables current from the battery pack to energize the starter while inhibiting the application of the DC charging signal to the battery pack. When placed in the Charge position, the second switch inhibits the battery pack output from energizing the starter while enabling the DC charging signal to be applied to the battery pack. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090322101 | Engine Cranking System and Method - A vehicle has an engine, a starter motor, an energy storage system (ESS) for powering an auxiliary system, and a supercapacitor module for powering the starter motor during engine cranking and starting. The supercapacitor module disconnects from the starter motor to recharge. A DC-DC booster converter increases the level of voltage supplied from the ESS so as to charge the supercapacitor module to a relatively higher voltage level, such as approximately 125 to 140 percent of the voltage level supplied by the ESS. A method for preventing voltage sag in an auxiliary system of the vehicle includes disconnecting the supercapacitor module from the starter motor when the engine is running, and then charging the supercapacitor module using the ESS until a cranking support voltage equals a stored target voltage. A detected commanded cranking and starting of the engine causes the connection of the supercapacitor module to the starter motor. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100244459 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENGINE START CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for starting an engine in a vehicle, the engine including a starter, the vehicle including a plurality of energy storage devices electrically coupled to the starter. One example method comprises, during a first charging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in parallel to each other; and during a second discharging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in series to each other and to the starter to actuate the starter and rotate the engine. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100264670 | STARTER FOR STARTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a starter for starting an internal combustion engine with a first output shaft to which a ring gear is coupled, a motor has a second output shaft to which a movable pinion member is coupled and is operative to, when energized, rotate the second output shaft. A solenoid device includes a solenoid actuator linked to the movable pinion member. The solenoid actuator is configured to, when activated, shift the movable pinion member toward the ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. The solenoid device includes a solenoid switch configure to, when activated, energize the motor. The solenoid actuator and the solenoid switch are integrated with each other to provide the solenoid device. A controller module is configured to individually control an activation of the solenoid actuator and an activation of the solenoid switch. The controller module is mounted on the solenoid device. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110042969 | CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR AN AC STARTER-GENERATOR SYSTEM - An aircraft engine starting system may comprise a starter motor, a start controller for controlling the starter motor to operate with a desired torque output, and a processor for determining torque profiles for the starter motor. The processor may provide an initial torque profile responsively to ambient condition of the engine. The processor may also provide modifications to the initial torque profile responsively to temperature of the start controller. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110049910 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motor generator is connected to a high voltage battery through an inverter. A voltage of the high voltage battery is decreased and is applied to a low voltage battery through a DC-DC converter. At time of starting an engine, a starting operation of a starter is executed by applying an output voltage of the DC-DC converter | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110095545 | ENGINE STARTER AND RESISTOR SHORT-CIRCUITING DEVICE - Provided is an engine starter having a simple structure and excellent in stability and reliability, which starts an engine while preventing an occurrence of instantaneous interruption in an electrical device mounted in a vehicle. An engine starter for driving a starter motor by closing a starter switch | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110101704 | Starter - A starter comprises: an electric motor with an enclosure; a gear train mounted to one end of the motor; and a switch module for controlling operation of the motor. The switch module has an enclosure. The enclosure of the switch module and the enclosure of the motor are integrally formed as a single housing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110115238 | STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110198862 | ENGINE STARTER WITH IMPROVED FIXING STRUCTURE OF AUXILIARY ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH - Disclosed is a starter for starting an engine. The starter includes a starter main body, a main electromagnetic switch, and an auxiliary electromagnetic switch. The starter main body includes a motor that generates torque upon being supplied with electric power. The main electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively opening and closing an electric circuit for supplying electric power from a battery to the motor. The auxiliary electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively switching the electric circuit between a high-resistance path and a low-resistance path. The starter is characterized in that the auxiliary electromagnetic switch is fixed to a fixture, and the fixture is fixed to only one of the starter main body and the main electromagnetic switch. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198863 | Starter Relay Control - A starter control system is disclosed. In one example, the starter control system allows both automatic and manual control over an engine starting sequence. The starter control system can enhance starter control system flexibility. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110221210 | ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM WITH HIGH-AND LOW-SPEED MODES OF MOTOR OPERATION - An engine starting apparatus includes a first and a second power supply path extending from a battery to an electric motor to start an engine. An electromagnetic switch has main contacts disposed in the first power supply path. A resistor is disposed in the second power supply path. A motor relay has relay contacts disposed in series with the resistor. A controller delays the time when the main contacts are closed to apply a full voltage of the battery to the motor until a given time lag has elapsed after the relay contacts are closed to supply electric current to the electric motor through the resistor. Specifically, when it is required to apply the full voltage to the motor to run the motor at a rated speed, the current does not pass through the relay contacts, thus resulting in no voltage drop, which ensures the stability in starting the engine. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110304157 | Time Delay Contactor For Aircraft APU Starter - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304158 | TIME DELAY CONTACTOR FOR AIRCRAFT APU STARTER - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120032453 | STARTER CONTROLLER - A relay is provided in a power supply line from a battery to a motor of a starter in a vehicle. The relay is selectively switched between a contact side state where contacts short-circuit and a resistor side state where the contacts open and a resistor is inserted into the power supply line in series. When an engine is started, an ECU controlling the starter energizes the motor by driving the relay to the resistor side only for a first predetermined time in order to suppress inrush current and voltage fall due to the inrush current. The ECU detects a contact side state fixation abnormality of the relay based on a battery voltage at the time when the motor is energized by driving the relay to the resistor side. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120068475 | STARTER MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT START SOLENOID - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a pull-in coil and a hold-in coil positioned axially adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is positioned within the pull-in coil and configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil is energized. The plunger is separated from a plunger stop in the axial direction by an air gap when the pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are not energized. When the pull-in coil and hold-in coil are energized, a shoulder of the plunger moves in an axial direction toward the plunger stop. The pull-in coil is positioned in the solenoid such that it is removed from the plunger stop in the axial direction. In contrast, the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068476 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH SPOOL FOR RETAINING COILS - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a spool including a first coil bay, a second coil bay, and an interior passage defining an axial direction. A first coil is positioned in the first coil bay of the spool, and a second coil positioned in the second coil bay of the spool. A plunger is positioned within the interior passage of the spool and configured to move in the axial direction when the first coil is energized. The first coil bay is positioned adjacent to the second coil bay in the axial direction. The spool further includes two end flanges and a middle flange. The middle flange separates the first coil bay from the second coil bay. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068477 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH RECTANGULAR COIL WINDING - A solenoid for a vehicle starter includes a pull-in coil made of a length of rectangular wire and a hold-in coil adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil made of rectangular wire is energized. The pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are positioned on a spool with the plunger slideably positioned within a central passage of the spool. The plunger is configured to engage a plunger stop when the pull-in coil is energized. In at least one embodiment, the hold-in coil is separated from the plunger stop in the axial direction and the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120119517 | DEVICE FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE USING AN IMPROVED CONTROL UNIT - A device for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described, which has a starter motor, an engaging relay, a starting current relay, a main current relay, a control unit and a switching module situated between the relays named and the control unit. The control unit is an engine control unit of the motor vehicle. The switching module has inputs which are connected to one output, respectively, of the engine control unit, and has outputs at which control signals for the relays named are provided. The outputs of the engine control unit are small signal outputs. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120126547 | DC MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT STARTING CAPABILITY - A DC motor assembly ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120139263 | Method and device for operating a starter of a vehicle - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a position of a starter pinion is detected, and an advance of the starter pinion is regulated as a function of the detected position. For example, the advance during the meshing of the starter pinion with a starter ring gear of a drive motor of the vehicle is regulated | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120153637 | ENGINE SYSTEM - To provide an engine system with which in a case where a power supply voltage whose specification is to be changed is higher than an expected voltage, the specification of the power supply voltage from an alternating-current power supply can be changed at low cost without providing an additional transformer.
| 06-21-2012 |
| 20120153638 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - Engine control device includes a delay unit which delays or cuts off a flow of current from a first current system, which directs current to a coil, to a second current system, which directs current to a starter motor. When a starter switch, which turns the flow of current from the power source to the first current system on or off, is turned on and electricity flows to the first current system, the delay unit delays the current flowing from the first current system to the second current system. When electricity flows to the first current system as a result of a controller having turned a first switch on, the delay unit cuts off the flow of electricity from the first current system to the second current system. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120175890 | Control and method of a starter motor for a starter device - A control is described for a starter device of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having a starter motor, a first current path and at least one additional second current path, which is connected in parallel to the first current path, for energizing the starter motor, the first current path having an switching device, in particular a starter relay. In order to improve an energization of the starter motor, the control is in operative contact with a testing device for checking a switching state of the switching device and provided with an adapter for adapting the energization of the switching device. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120200093 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR A STARTING DEVICE - A circuit configuration for an electric machine, e.g., a starter motor for starting an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, includes a current limiting device for limiting a starting current of the electric machine. The circuit configuration includes a bridging device for bridging the current limiting device. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120306217 | STARTER WITH NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A starter includes a motor, an electromagnetic switch, and a noise reduction device. The motor is connected to a power supply line via a motor lead line, and produces torque by power supplied from a battery. The electromagnetic switch includes an electric contact connected to the power supply line via a battery-side terminal and a motor-side terminal, and opens and closes the electric contact in conjunction with on-off operation of a solenoid. The noise reduction device includes at least one capacitor inserted between ground and the power supply line, and reduces noise produced from the motor. In the starter, a conductor is inserted between the motor-side terminal and the motor lead line as an inductance component capable of increasing an impedance of a starter equivalent circuit of the starter. The at least one capacitor is inserted between ground and one end of the conductor connected to the motor-side terminal. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120313381 | STARTER CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A starter circuit includes a battery, a starter electrically coupled with the battery, a relay disposed between the battery and the starter, and a starter switch mounted remotely from the starter. The starter includes a switch assembly and a starter motor. The switch assembly includes an actuator and a start signal switch. The relay is configured to operate to provide current to the switch assembly to close the start signal switch in response to a received signal. The starter switch closes in response to the start signal switch being closed, whereby the battery delivers current to the starter motor when the starter switch is closed. A starter unit is also disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130175810 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR STARTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STARTER - An ECU executes a program including the steps of selecting a rotation mode in a case where a request to start an engine has been made and an engine rotation speed is equal to or lower than α | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221683 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a first and a second coil winding. The starter machine can also include a motor that is coupled to a pinion. The starter machine can comprise an electromagnetic switch that is coupled to the first coil winding and is configured to regulate a priming current passing through the first coil winding. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to the first winding and the control unit can be capable of closing the electromagnetic switch to circulate the priming current from a power source to the motor through the first coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A STARTER OF A VEHICLE - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a physical variable is measured, and a starter current of the starter is limited or not limited as a function of the measured physical variable, the limiting action being terminated after a predetermined period of time in the event that the starter current is limited. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130234446 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A control device for controlling a rotary electrical machine functioning as a motor and as a power generator, the device being provided with a power conversion circuit serving to function as an inverter for supplying a drive current from a battery to the rotary electrical machine and as a rectifier for rectifying the power generation output of the rotary electrical machine and supplying the output to the battery; and being provided with a controller for controlling the conversion circuit so that three-phase armature coils of the rotary electrical machine are short-circuited when the battery is disconnected from the conversion circuit and the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit becomes excessive, after which, when the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit decreases to a set low voltage, the short circuit of one phase of the armature coil is released and only two phases are short-circuited. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130257062 | POWER CIRCUIT - A power circuit includes a boost circuit having a boost switching element, a coil provided between a battery and the boost switching element and a rectifier element provided between the coil and a load, a first switch connected to the boost circuit in parallel, a current detection circuit detecting current flowing through the first switch and a control circuit turning on the first switch during a normal state other than a restart of an engine after an idling stop and turning off the first switch and controlling an operation of the boost switching element at a restart of the engine after an idling stop so that voltage of the battery is boosted and supplied to the load. The control circuit determines based on the current detected by the current detection circuit during the normal state whether or not the first switch has an open fault. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130300129 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric machine including a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, a first field having a plurality of windings that defines at least one wound pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, a second field having at least one permanent magnet (PM) that defines at least one PM pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, and a relay electrically coupled to the plurality of windings of the first field. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300130 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MOTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric starter motor includes a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, and a primary field mounted to the frame. The primary field includes a plurality of primary windings electrically connected one to another. A relay is electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of poles. A supplemental field is mounted to the frame. The supplemental field includes a supplemental winding electrically connected in parallel to the plurality of primary windings. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300131 | METHOD OF OPERATING VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS - A method of operating a variable flux electric machine includes passing an electrical current through a plurality of wound poles of a wound field to generate a first flux, rotating an armature at a first crank point having a first speed in response to the first flux, shorting at least one of the plurality of wound poles, generating a second flux through a permanent magnet (PM) field having a plurality of PM poles, and rotating the armature at a second crank point having a second speed in response to the second flux, the second speed being greater than the first speed. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140028032 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER STORAGE DEVICE - When electric power exceeding output allowable power at an engine startup time is output from a power storage device, deviated from a predetermined period of time during which the output allowable power of the power storage device is switched, an ECU suppresses increase of the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine. Specifically, the ECU modifies the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine from a first value to a second value lower than the first value, based on a period of time before deviation is eliminated. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035292 | System and Method for Limiting a Starting Current - For the electrical protection of a current control device | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140138960 | Method for jump starting a vehicle - A method for jump starting a vehicle comprising causing a control unit to set a reference voltage by choosing a point from a chart plotting voltage across a starting battery versus time during a vehicle start; determining whether the voltage across a starting battery of the vehicle is less than the reference voltage; closing a switch if the determination is positive, thereby causing an external power source to supply high current to the starting battery; adding the high current and current from the starting battery to obtain a total current; and supplying the total current to a starter motor of the vehicle so as to start the vehicle. An apparatus for thus jump starting a vehicle is also disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140175806 | EMERGENCY STARTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL HYBRID VEHICLE - An emergency starting system and an emergency starting method of a fuel cell hybrid vehicle perform an emergency start when a DC power converter for starting fails. The emergency starting system includes: a fuel cell and a super capacitor connected through a main bus terminal in parallel; a driving inverter connected to the main bus terminal; a driving motor connected to the driving inverter; a balance-of-plant configured to activate the fuel cell; a starting DC power converter configured to drive the balance-of-plant; and a starting controller configured to control the super capacitor at the time of a start. The starting controller includes a super capacitor relay, an initial charging relay, and an initial charging resistor, the initial charging relay includes a plurality of relays, and the initial charging resistor includes a plurality of resistors. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140191513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STARTING AN ENGINE - A method of starting an engine is disclosed in which two or more starter motors are used to start the engine in an alternating sequence so as to equalize wear and reduce the wear of each starter motor by a factor equal to the number of starter motors provided. The starter motors are preferably positioned so as to minimize overlap between wear patterns produced by the starter motors on a cooperating ring gear | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140210216 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device for a hybrid vehicle has an engine, a starter motor that starts the engine, a driving motor that transmits a motor torque to the engine and a drive wheel, a starting motor selective control unit that starts the engine using the starter motor in response to a driving force request by a driver of the hybrid vehicle during a selected mode of operation in which the driving motor serves as the driving source, and that starts the engine using the driving motor in response to a system request. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140265352 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle electrical system for a vehicle is described which includes an electrical energy source supplying a first vehicle electrical system branch and a second vehicle electrical system branch. The first vehicle electrical system branch include a first electrical consumer with an inrush current requirement and a first inductance connected in series with the first consumer. The second vehicle electrical system branch includes a second electrical system voltage-sensitive consumer with a minimum system voltage requirement and a second inductance connected to the second consumer in series or in parallel. The first vehicle electrical system branch and the second vehicle electrical system branch are connected electrically in parallel to one another, and the first inductance and the second inductance are magnetically coupled to one another. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140375066 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device having auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the starting motor so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375067 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device with separated-type auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the staring so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150028600 | METHOD FOR LIMITING AN INRUSH CURRENT IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CIRCUIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE STARTER, AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, CURRENT LIMITER AND STARTER - A method for limiting an inrush current, which is implemented in an electrical power circuit ( | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150300305 | MOTOR STARTER - A motor starter includes a control unit and a first current path, via which energy can be supplied to a downstream electrical motor. The first current path includes a semiconductor switch and an electromechanical switch element, the semiconductor switch and the switch element being connected in series. In order to provide a cost-effective, safe motor starter, according to an embodiment of the invention the control unit is designed such that, in order to produce an energy supply via the first current path in a first step, it ensures that the voltage currently connected via the switch element, in respect of a previous opening of the switch element, lies below the allowable maximum blocking voltage of the semiconductor switch. Subsequently in a second step, the switch element first closes and then switches the semiconductor switch to be conductive. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308395 | TUNABLE STARTER RESISTOR - A passive two-terminal circuit element may include a resistor including a carbon-metal composite resistive element. The resistive element is configured to maintain a resistivity that fluctuates less than one tenth of an ohm per ten degree temperature change up to 400 degrees Celsius. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150369200 | STARTER MOTOR - A starter motor of a vehicle is provided and includes a housing having a central longitudinal axis and at least first and second coils disposed within the housing. One of the at least first and second coils is configured to control driveshaft and ring gear engagement and the other one of the at least first and second coils is offset from the central longitudinal axis and configured to control an application of current to a motor disposed to drive rotation of a driveshaft of the vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160115933 | STARTING BATTERY FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A starting battery for use with an electric starting system includes a starter motor and a battery receiver. The starting battery includes a lithium-ion battery cell, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The voltage output terminals of the starting battery are configured to connect to two voltage output terminals of the battery receiver to complete a circuit between the lithium-ion battery cell and the starter motor when the starting battery is attached to the battery receiver. The enable terminal of the starting battery is configured to connect to an enable terminal of the battery receiver to receive an enable signal to the starting battery to allow the starting battery to provide power to the starter motor to start an internal combustion engine. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160138549 | Engine Start-Up Device, and Engine-Start-Up Control Method - The purpose of the present invention is to swiftly start up an engine in a range in which electrical equipment having electric power supplied thereto by a battery is not reset, even in cases when the battery is insufficiently charged and the battery is deteriorated. An engine start-up device according to the present invention starts up an engine by transmitting, to the engine, the rotary force of a direct-current motor driven by a battery. The engine start-up device is provided with: a battery-voltage acquisition unit for acquiring the battery voltage of the battery; a target-current-value calculation unit which calculates, on the basis of the battery voltage acquired by the battery-voltage acquisition unit, a target current value for a motor current to be supplied from the battery to the direct-current motor; and a motor-current control unit for controlling a switching element which is connected to the direct-current motor, and through which the motor current flows, such that the motor-current value of the motor current approaches the target current value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138550 | METHOD TO DECOUPLE BATTERY FROM HIGH LEVEL CRANKING CURRENTS OF DIESEL ENGINES - A method of decoupling a battery during high current cranking of an engine comprises charging a supercapacitor bank to a preselected DC supercapacitor voltage from a battery when said battery is above a preselected battery voltage, switching the supercapacitor bank to a load and switching the battery off the load, starting the engine and supplying initial voltage and current until terminal voltage of the supercapacitor is equal to terminal voltage of the battery, switching the battery into parallel with the supercapacitor, disconnecting the supercapacitor from the load, and recharging the supercapacitor to the preselected DC capacitor voltage. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20190145370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20110304156 | METHOD FOR STARTING THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine, at least one electric drive motor and a starter. The internal combustion engine optionally can be started by the starter or the electric drive motor. However, the internal combustion engine is started by the starter when the vehicle is already being driven by the electric drive motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120119516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING IN-RUSH CURRENT TO A STARTER MOTOR OF A VEHICLE - A system and method for limiting engine starting current of a starter motor of an engine is described. In one example, starter motor current is controlled according to vehicle speed. The method may allow vehicle system voltage to remain at a higher level during automatically initiated engine starts. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130099507 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE AND ENGINE STARTING METHOD - An ECU executes a program including the steps of carrying out fluctuation suppression control in a case where a request to start an engine has been made, a rotation mode has been selected, and a motor is being driven and canceling fluctuation suppression control in a case where a full drive mode has been selected and engagement between a pinion gear and a ring gear has been completed. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130147207 | STARTER MOTOR WITH DRIVE ASSEMBLY FITTED WITH A COUPLING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A PINION MOUNTED FREELY ON ITS ROTOR SHAFT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A starter comprises an electric motor which drives a rotor shaft, a drive shaft that can be rotationally coupled to the rotor shaft, and a pinion mounted on the drive shaft and movable in a translational movement between a rest position and an active position by a movement system. The starter comprises a coupling system that couples a rotary movement in one direction of rotation of the rotor shaft to the pinion. The coupling system moves from an uncoupled state into a coupled state and vice versa. In the coupled state, the rotor shaft is firmly attached to the pinion in the starting direction of rotation. In the uncoupled state, the pinion is disconnected from the rotor shaft in both directions of rotation. The starter further comprises a movement system for moving the pinion from the coupling system into the uncoupled state as it moves the pinion into active position. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20150084345 | MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle electrical system, wherein a control unit senses or detects a start-stop command for the internal combustion engine, wherein when a start-stop command is sensed or detected a switching element is switched into the first switching state and the voltage at the DC/DC output, which is connected to the switching element, is increased by a control unit by means of a control command, wherein a measuring unit senses and evaluates the voltage condition over the switching element, wherein depending upon the evaluation the start-stop command is or is not carried out by a control unit using a control command Also disclosed is a method for operating a motor vehicle electrical system. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150292464 | VEHICLE, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle comprises: a storage battery configured to store electric power; an internal combustion engine configured to be started with electric power supplied from the storage battery; an electric auxiliary configured to operate with the electric power supplied from the storage battery; and a stop start controller configured to perform a stop control of stopping the internal combustion engine according to a driving condition of the vehicle and a restart control of restarting the internal combustion engine that has been stopped by the stop control. The stop start controller includes: an auxiliary voltage acquirer configured to obtain a measured auxiliary voltage value that denotes a voltage of the electric auxiliary measured on occasion of start of the internal combustion engine; and a feasibility determiner configured to determine whether the stop control is feasible, based on the measured auxiliary voltage value. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20140001768 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENGINE, ENGINE STARTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150097375 | AUXILIARY MESH TYPE STARTER - An auxiliary mesh type starter, comprising a motor, an electromagnetic switch connected with the motor and relays connected with the electromagnetic switch, wherein the electromagnetic switch comprises a holding coil, an attracting coil, a stop seat arranged at the rear end parts of the holding coil and the attracting coil, a plunger arranged on the inner circumferences of the holding coil and the attracting coil and capable of sliding in an axial direction, a return spring for applying return force to the plunger, and a contact point arranged at the rear end of the plunger; and the relays are connected to a key switch, wherein the relays comprise a first relay and a second relay, with the head end of the attracting coil connects to the key switch via the first relay, and the head end of the holding coil connects to the key switch via the second relay. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20130328323 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and mechanism for starting an internal combustion engine, having a summed torque extending in a wave form over a rotational angle of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, by means of an electric machine which is rotationally coupled to the crankshaft and torsional elasticity which is effective between the crankshaft and the electric machine. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140028031 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - During an inertial energy storage operation, electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled such that a direct current electric power from an electric power storage device is converted into an alternating current by the inverter so as to be supplied to stator windings, such that torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an output side rotor from a stator to rotatively drive the output side rotor in a state where power transmission from the output side rotor to a drive axle is stopped. During a cranking operation after the inertial energy storage operation, the electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled to permit application of the alternating current to rotor windings, such that a torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an input side rotor from the output side rotor, thereby rotatively driving an input side rotor to crank the engine. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20110187127 | SWITCHING APPARATUS FOR STARTER - There is disclosed a switching apparatus for a starter comprising a resistor for suppressing a startup current of a motor when an engine is started, an electromagnetic relay for bypassing the resistor to energize the motor after the motor is started, a function for pushing a pinion of the starter toward a ring gear, an electromagnetic switch for opening and closing a main contact of the motor circuit. The resistor, the electromagnetic relay, and the electromagnetic switch are integrally accommodated inside a housing formed of a metallic bottomed frame and a contact cover, and are connected to the motor circuit via two external connection terminals fixed to the contact cover. The apparatus can facilitate connectivity to the vehicle side by reducing the number of cables and can enhance an installation property. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120086219 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF A STARTER CONTROL - A circuit configuration is described, for starting an internal combustion engine, using at least one starter, which includes a starter motor, an engaging relay, a switching relay and a control relay, the control relay being able to be controlled by an ignition switch, the engaging relay being able to be controlled by the control relay and a current path of the starter motor being able to be switched using the switching relay. In order for the starter, for starting an internal combustion engine, to operate more accurately, and thus to achieve a longer service life, the switching relay is able to be controlled as a function of the occurrence of a specified event, at least in the switching-off process. This has the advantage that the switching relay is able to interrupt a current path from the starter motor earlier in time, especially a main current path, so that energizing in the reverse direction is avoided. Consequently, the switching relay is able to release the current path of the starter motor specified in such a way that in the switching-off process, during the disengaging of a starter pinion, pinion bounce is clearly reduced, or even eliminated. In the switching-off process of the starter, a motion of the starter pinion back in the direction towards the ring gear, after the disengagement, is avoided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120104769 | STARTER HAVING A SWITCHABLE NUMBER OF POLE PAIRS - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120292919 | ENGINE START CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - By avoiding an excessive cranking torque when starting the engine by a motor/generator and expanding a motor running region, fuel economy is improved. For a large required acceleration, cranking torque Tcr is maintained to hold an initial value, while, when the required acceleration is small, cranking torque Tcr will be adjusted to decrease. The time between an engine start command and the instant at which engine rotation speed Ne reaches a predetermined rotation speed Ne is measured as an engine start time TMst. When the TMst is below a limit value TMst_Lim that is capable of starting the engine and acceptable, as shown at instants t | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130026767 | STARTER HAVING ENGAGEMENT DETECTION FUNCTION - The invention relates to a starter ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130062891 | ENGINE CRANKING MOTOR SOFT-START SYSTEM AND METHOD - An engine cranking motor soft-start system and method includes at least one cranking motor and a switching power converter which is coupled to the cranking motors such that the voltage across the motors varies with the converter's duty cycle. The duty cycle, and thereby the voltage across the motors, is gradually increased over a predetermined period. This serves to limit the acceleration of the cranking motors, and thereby their peak current and torque, which may serve to increase their service life. The cranking motors are typically operatively coupled to drive respective pinion gears which are brought into engagement with a ring gear when starting the engine. The system is preferably arranged such that the gradually increasing duty cycle results in the torque of the cranking motors being sufficient to break an abutment that may be present between the pinion gears and the ring gear. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130168974 | Starter Motor Assembly With Soft Start Solenoid - A solenoid in an engine starter assembly includes an electromagnetic coil operable on a plunger coupled to a shift lever to move a pinion gear into contact with the engine ring gear. The solenoid is provided with a return spring to restore the plunger to an initial position in which the pinion and ring gears are disengaged, in the absence of a coil force. A contact plate is supported on the plunger to engage open electrical contacts when the plunger is in a first position to complete an electrical circuit to drive the starter motor rotating the pinion gear at a faster speed. An over-travel spring resists movement of the plunger once the contact plate engages the electrical contacts. An auxiliary spring is disposed on the plunger to resist movement of the plunger only when the plunger travels to a position offset between the initial position and the first position. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130175809 | VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a first motor-generator, which allows cranking an engine, and an inverter, which drives the first motor-generator. During running of the vehicle, when an operation to stop the hybrid system is performed, and then when an operation to start a hybrid system is performed before the vehicle stops, an HVECU operates the inverter. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221681 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a motor that is coupled to a pinion. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. In some embodiments, the electronic control unit can be capable of being configured and arranged to circulate a priming current from a power source to the motor through at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221682 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members, a motor that is coupled to a pinion, and power module and controller that is coupled to the motor. In some embodiments, at least one of the power module and the controller are configured to control a speed of the pinion to substantially synchronize the pinion speed and the speed of an engine component. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130334827 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING A STARTER ,WHICH IS CONTROLLABLE BY A DRIVER UNIT ,FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. A method for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the driver unit being controllable by a control unit with the aid of at least one activation line, a switch, which is controllable by the control unit, being situated between the driver unit and a supply unit coupled to a supply voltage, the starter being activated with the aid of the control unit and the switch in the case of failure of the at least one activation line and/or at least one part of the driver unit. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140353979 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONVERTER FOR A STARTER MOTOR - A method is described for operating a converter for a starter motor, in particular a belt-driven starter motor, of a vehicle, including the steps of detecting a temperature of the converter, and controlling a current supplied to the converter as a function of the detected temperature using a setpoint temperature as a reference variable. In addition, the invention describes a converter for a starter motor of a vehicle which is capable of carrying out the method according to the invention. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150028599 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay for starting a motor of a starter includes a resistor to reduce an activation current that flows through the motor from a battery for activation of the motor, a relay contact that causes the starting current to flow while bypassing the resistor, a relay coil that forms an electromagnet when excited by energization, and a control circuit that controls an excited state of the relay coil for activation of the motor to open or close the relay contact, thus controlling energization of the motor from the battery via the resistor. The electromagnetic relay incorporates therein the control circuit. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150303739 | ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - An in-vehicle solar system that supplies electric energy from a solar battery module to an electric device such as a secondary battery, a load, and the like includes a capacitor that accumulates electric energy from the solar battery module and supplies the accumulated electric energy to the electric device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308397 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, capable of switching output characteristics of a starter without an electronic control unit (ECU) controlling field current flowing through field coils. The apparatus includes a starter including a wound-field-type brushed direct current (DC) motor, a bypass path electrically connected in parallel with at least part of field coils of the motor, and a switch provided along the bypass path and configured to render the bypass path conducting or non-conducting. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316017 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, including a motor, an output shaft driven by the motor, a pinion provided along the output shaft, and an electro-magnetic solenoid device. The electro-magnetic solenoid device is configured to push the pinion axially toward a ring gear of the engine to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and transfer a rotational force, which is referred to as a motor torque, generated by energization of the motor from the pinion to the ring gear, thereby starting the engine. The apparatus is configured such that, at starting of the engine in its warmed-up state, the motor torque can continue to be applied from the pinion to the ring gear until at least the second compression stroke even when an engine speed varies. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160047348 | REMOTE START CONTROL FOR VEHICLES - Methods and systems are provided for controlling a remote start feature of an engine of a vehicle. A receiver is configured to receive a signal to initiate a remote start of the engine. A processor is coupled to the receiver, and is configured to initiate the remote start after receiving the signal; set a timer that measures an amount of time after which the remote start has been initiated, for a duration of the remote start; extend the remote start upon detection of an action by an individual proximate the vehicle before the amount of time exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and terminate the remote start after the amount of time exceeds the first predetermined threshold if no action has been detected during the duration of the remote start. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160123292 | COLD TEMPERATURE ENGINE START STRATEGIES - A method of starting a vehicle may include, in response to an expected driver entry, stroking a clutch configured to couple an engine to an electric machine for a predetermined time period. The method may further include, in response to an engine start request received during the predetermined time period, providing power to the electric machine to spin the electric machine at a speed at least equal to a target engine cranking speed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160153419 | Hybrid Vehicle | 06-02-2016 |
| 20080258472 | Method of Controlling Power Supply to an Electric Starter - The invention relates to a method of controlling the power supply to an electric starter that drives heat engine of a vehicle, in which the starter power supply is stopped after each supply phase for a first pre-determined period T | 10-23-2008 |
| 290038000 | Miscellaneous collection of automatic engine starters | 19 |
| 20080211235 | Device For Controlling a Heat Engine Starter, Such as That of a Motor Vehicle, and Starter Comprising One Such Device - The invention relates to a device for controlling a starter for a heat engine that is equipped with an electric motor having a field coil with several windings and an armature winding, both of which are mounted in series, comprising a power contact which is equipped with terminals, one of said terminals being connected to the positive terminal (+Bat) of a battery and the other terminal being connected to the field coil having several windings. The inventive device comprises first means which, in a first phase upon closure of the power contact, activate part of the windings of the field coil and second delayed-action means which, in a second phase during which the power contact is always closed, activate at least a large number of the windings of the coil. The invention is intended for the heat engine starter of a vehicle. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080265586 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage device for storing energy for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a DC-DC converter, a plurality of capacitors connected electrically to the DC-DC converter, and a housing for containing the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The DC-DC converter converts a voltage provided by the motor vehicle's battery to a second voltage stored by the capacitors. During an engine start cycle, energy discharges from the capacitors to the starter motor of the engine, wherein the stored voltage of the capacitors provides energy to start the engine. The capacitors are recharged by the vehicle's battery. A thermally insulated barrier separates the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The housing may be sized and shaped substantially as that of a standard motor vehicle battery, enabling the energy storage device to be installed within the motor vehicle as a substitute for one or more of the vehicle's batteries. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090224557 | ENGINE STOP/START SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A method of operating an engine stop/start system includes connecting an armature of a starter motor to the engine through an overrunning clutch when the engine changes a rotational direction. | 09-10-2009 |
| 20090250942 | ENGINE STARTER - An electromagnetic controller includes an exciting coil unit that is provided with a coil main body and an exciting piece that is positioned at a tip end side of the coil main body so as to be magnetized according to an excitation of the coil main body; and a plunger that is disposed in a ring-shaped space formed at an inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to be movable in the ring-shaped space in an axial center direction, the plunger being displaceable from a non-acting position to an acting position at a tip end side under an attracting force based on magnetization of the exciting piece, wherein an urging member is provided at the inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to urge the plunger to a side of the non-acting position according to demagnetization of the exciting piece. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090284022 | PORTABLE POWER DRIVEN EQUIPMENT WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMBINED BATTERY CHARGING AND STARTING CIRCUIT WHERE THE BATTERY IS A REMOVABLE BATTERY PACK - A portable generator system having a generator for generating an electrical output signal, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a starter for starting the internal combustion engine, an alternator for generating an AC signal for powering a charger assembly, a battery pack, and a charger subsystem. The charger system has a charger assembly that receives the AC signal and generates a DC charging signal for recharging the battery pack. The charger assembly has a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is used to apply an output of the battery to energize the starter. The second switch, when placed in a Start position, enables current from the battery pack to energize the starter while inhibiting the application of the DC charging signal to the battery pack. When placed in the Charge position, the second switch inhibits the battery pack output from energizing the starter while enabling the DC charging signal to be applied to the battery pack. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090322101 | Engine Cranking System and Method - A vehicle has an engine, a starter motor, an energy storage system (ESS) for powering an auxiliary system, and a supercapacitor module for powering the starter motor during engine cranking and starting. The supercapacitor module disconnects from the starter motor to recharge. A DC-DC booster converter increases the level of voltage supplied from the ESS so as to charge the supercapacitor module to a relatively higher voltage level, such as approximately 125 to 140 percent of the voltage level supplied by the ESS. A method for preventing voltage sag in an auxiliary system of the vehicle includes disconnecting the supercapacitor module from the starter motor when the engine is running, and then charging the supercapacitor module using the ESS until a cranking support voltage equals a stored target voltage. A detected commanded cranking and starting of the engine causes the connection of the supercapacitor module to the starter motor. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100244459 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENGINE START CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for starting an engine in a vehicle, the engine including a starter, the vehicle including a plurality of energy storage devices electrically coupled to the starter. One example method comprises, during a first charging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in parallel to each other; and during a second discharging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in series to each other and to the starter to actuate the starter and rotate the engine. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100264670 | STARTER FOR STARTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a starter for starting an internal combustion engine with a first output shaft to which a ring gear is coupled, a motor has a second output shaft to which a movable pinion member is coupled and is operative to, when energized, rotate the second output shaft. A solenoid device includes a solenoid actuator linked to the movable pinion member. The solenoid actuator is configured to, when activated, shift the movable pinion member toward the ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. The solenoid device includes a solenoid switch configure to, when activated, energize the motor. The solenoid actuator and the solenoid switch are integrated with each other to provide the solenoid device. A controller module is configured to individually control an activation of the solenoid actuator and an activation of the solenoid switch. The controller module is mounted on the solenoid device. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110042969 | CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR AN AC STARTER-GENERATOR SYSTEM - An aircraft engine starting system may comprise a starter motor, a start controller for controlling the starter motor to operate with a desired torque output, and a processor for determining torque profiles for the starter motor. The processor may provide an initial torque profile responsively to ambient condition of the engine. The processor may also provide modifications to the initial torque profile responsively to temperature of the start controller. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110049910 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motor generator is connected to a high voltage battery through an inverter. A voltage of the high voltage battery is decreased and is applied to a low voltage battery through a DC-DC converter. At time of starting an engine, a starting operation of a starter is executed by applying an output voltage of the DC-DC converter | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110095545 | ENGINE STARTER AND RESISTOR SHORT-CIRCUITING DEVICE - Provided is an engine starter having a simple structure and excellent in stability and reliability, which starts an engine while preventing an occurrence of instantaneous interruption in an electrical device mounted in a vehicle. An engine starter for driving a starter motor by closing a starter switch | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110101704 | Starter - A starter comprises: an electric motor with an enclosure; a gear train mounted to one end of the motor; and a switch module for controlling operation of the motor. The switch module has an enclosure. The enclosure of the switch module and the enclosure of the motor are integrally formed as a single housing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110115238 | STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110198862 | ENGINE STARTER WITH IMPROVED FIXING STRUCTURE OF AUXILIARY ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH - Disclosed is a starter for starting an engine. The starter includes a starter main body, a main electromagnetic switch, and an auxiliary electromagnetic switch. The starter main body includes a motor that generates torque upon being supplied with electric power. The main electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively opening and closing an electric circuit for supplying electric power from a battery to the motor. The auxiliary electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively switching the electric circuit between a high-resistance path and a low-resistance path. The starter is characterized in that the auxiliary electromagnetic switch is fixed to a fixture, and the fixture is fixed to only one of the starter main body and the main electromagnetic switch. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198863 | Starter Relay Control - A starter control system is disclosed. In one example, the starter control system allows both automatic and manual control over an engine starting sequence. The starter control system can enhance starter control system flexibility. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110221210 | ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM WITH HIGH-AND LOW-SPEED MODES OF MOTOR OPERATION - An engine starting apparatus includes a first and a second power supply path extending from a battery to an electric motor to start an engine. An electromagnetic switch has main contacts disposed in the first power supply path. A resistor is disposed in the second power supply path. A motor relay has relay contacts disposed in series with the resistor. A controller delays the time when the main contacts are closed to apply a full voltage of the battery to the motor until a given time lag has elapsed after the relay contacts are closed to supply electric current to the electric motor through the resistor. Specifically, when it is required to apply the full voltage to the motor to run the motor at a rated speed, the current does not pass through the relay contacts, thus resulting in no voltage drop, which ensures the stability in starting the engine. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110304157 | Time Delay Contactor For Aircraft APU Starter - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304158 | TIME DELAY CONTACTOR FOR AIRCRAFT APU STARTER - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120032453 | STARTER CONTROLLER - A relay is provided in a power supply line from a battery to a motor of a starter in a vehicle. The relay is selectively switched between a contact side state where contacts short-circuit and a resistor side state where the contacts open and a resistor is inserted into the power supply line in series. When an engine is started, an ECU controlling the starter energizes the motor by driving the relay to the resistor side only for a first predetermined time in order to suppress inrush current and voltage fall due to the inrush current. The ECU detects a contact side state fixation abnormality of the relay based on a battery voltage at the time when the motor is energized by driving the relay to the resistor side. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120068475 | STARTER MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT START SOLENOID - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a pull-in coil and a hold-in coil positioned axially adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is positioned within the pull-in coil and configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil is energized. The plunger is separated from a plunger stop in the axial direction by an air gap when the pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are not energized. When the pull-in coil and hold-in coil are energized, a shoulder of the plunger moves in an axial direction toward the plunger stop. The pull-in coil is positioned in the solenoid such that it is removed from the plunger stop in the axial direction. In contrast, the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068476 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH SPOOL FOR RETAINING COILS - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a spool including a first coil bay, a second coil bay, and an interior passage defining an axial direction. A first coil is positioned in the first coil bay of the spool, and a second coil positioned in the second coil bay of the spool. A plunger is positioned within the interior passage of the spool and configured to move in the axial direction when the first coil is energized. The first coil bay is positioned adjacent to the second coil bay in the axial direction. The spool further includes two end flanges and a middle flange. The middle flange separates the first coil bay from the second coil bay. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068477 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH RECTANGULAR COIL WINDING - A solenoid for a vehicle starter includes a pull-in coil made of a length of rectangular wire and a hold-in coil adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil made of rectangular wire is energized. The pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are positioned on a spool with the plunger slideably positioned within a central passage of the spool. The plunger is configured to engage a plunger stop when the pull-in coil is energized. In at least one embodiment, the hold-in coil is separated from the plunger stop in the axial direction and the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120119517 | DEVICE FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE USING AN IMPROVED CONTROL UNIT - A device for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described, which has a starter motor, an engaging relay, a starting current relay, a main current relay, a control unit and a switching module situated between the relays named and the control unit. The control unit is an engine control unit of the motor vehicle. The switching module has inputs which are connected to one output, respectively, of the engine control unit, and has outputs at which control signals for the relays named are provided. The outputs of the engine control unit are small signal outputs. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120126547 | DC MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT STARTING CAPABILITY - A DC motor assembly ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120139263 | Method and device for operating a starter of a vehicle - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a position of a starter pinion is detected, and an advance of the starter pinion is regulated as a function of the detected position. For example, the advance during the meshing of the starter pinion with a starter ring gear of a drive motor of the vehicle is regulated | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120153637 | ENGINE SYSTEM - To provide an engine system with which in a case where a power supply voltage whose specification is to be changed is higher than an expected voltage, the specification of the power supply voltage from an alternating-current power supply can be changed at low cost without providing an additional transformer.
| 06-21-2012 |
| 20120153638 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - Engine control device includes a delay unit which delays or cuts off a flow of current from a first current system, which directs current to a coil, to a second current system, which directs current to a starter motor. When a starter switch, which turns the flow of current from the power source to the first current system on or off, is turned on and electricity flows to the first current system, the delay unit delays the current flowing from the first current system to the second current system. When electricity flows to the first current system as a result of a controller having turned a first switch on, the delay unit cuts off the flow of electricity from the first current system to the second current system. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120175890 | Control and method of a starter motor for a starter device - A control is described for a starter device of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having a starter motor, a first current path and at least one additional second current path, which is connected in parallel to the first current path, for energizing the starter motor, the first current path having an switching device, in particular a starter relay. In order to improve an energization of the starter motor, the control is in operative contact with a testing device for checking a switching state of the switching device and provided with an adapter for adapting the energization of the switching device. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120200093 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR A STARTING DEVICE - A circuit configuration for an electric machine, e.g., a starter motor for starting an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, includes a current limiting device for limiting a starting current of the electric machine. The circuit configuration includes a bridging device for bridging the current limiting device. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120306217 | STARTER WITH NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A starter includes a motor, an electromagnetic switch, and a noise reduction device. The motor is connected to a power supply line via a motor lead line, and produces torque by power supplied from a battery. The electromagnetic switch includes an electric contact connected to the power supply line via a battery-side terminal and a motor-side terminal, and opens and closes the electric contact in conjunction with on-off operation of a solenoid. The noise reduction device includes at least one capacitor inserted between ground and the power supply line, and reduces noise produced from the motor. In the starter, a conductor is inserted between the motor-side terminal and the motor lead line as an inductance component capable of increasing an impedance of a starter equivalent circuit of the starter. The at least one capacitor is inserted between ground and one end of the conductor connected to the motor-side terminal. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120313381 | STARTER CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A starter circuit includes a battery, a starter electrically coupled with the battery, a relay disposed between the battery and the starter, and a starter switch mounted remotely from the starter. The starter includes a switch assembly and a starter motor. The switch assembly includes an actuator and a start signal switch. The relay is configured to operate to provide current to the switch assembly to close the start signal switch in response to a received signal. The starter switch closes in response to the start signal switch being closed, whereby the battery delivers current to the starter motor when the starter switch is closed. A starter unit is also disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130175810 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR STARTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STARTER - An ECU executes a program including the steps of selecting a rotation mode in a case where a request to start an engine has been made and an engine rotation speed is equal to or lower than α | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221683 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a first and a second coil winding. The starter machine can also include a motor that is coupled to a pinion. The starter machine can comprise an electromagnetic switch that is coupled to the first coil winding and is configured to regulate a priming current passing through the first coil winding. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to the first winding and the control unit can be capable of closing the electromagnetic switch to circulate the priming current from a power source to the motor through the first coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A STARTER OF A VEHICLE - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a physical variable is measured, and a starter current of the starter is limited or not limited as a function of the measured physical variable, the limiting action being terminated after a predetermined period of time in the event that the starter current is limited. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130234446 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A control device for controlling a rotary electrical machine functioning as a motor and as a power generator, the device being provided with a power conversion circuit serving to function as an inverter for supplying a drive current from a battery to the rotary electrical machine and as a rectifier for rectifying the power generation output of the rotary electrical machine and supplying the output to the battery; and being provided with a controller for controlling the conversion circuit so that three-phase armature coils of the rotary electrical machine are short-circuited when the battery is disconnected from the conversion circuit and the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit becomes excessive, after which, when the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit decreases to a set low voltage, the short circuit of one phase of the armature coil is released and only two phases are short-circuited. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130257062 | POWER CIRCUIT - A power circuit includes a boost circuit having a boost switching element, a coil provided between a battery and the boost switching element and a rectifier element provided between the coil and a load, a first switch connected to the boost circuit in parallel, a current detection circuit detecting current flowing through the first switch and a control circuit turning on the first switch during a normal state other than a restart of an engine after an idling stop and turning off the first switch and controlling an operation of the boost switching element at a restart of the engine after an idling stop so that voltage of the battery is boosted and supplied to the load. The control circuit determines based on the current detected by the current detection circuit during the normal state whether or not the first switch has an open fault. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130300129 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric machine including a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, a first field having a plurality of windings that defines at least one wound pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, a second field having at least one permanent magnet (PM) that defines at least one PM pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, and a relay electrically coupled to the plurality of windings of the first field. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300130 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MOTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric starter motor includes a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, and a primary field mounted to the frame. The primary field includes a plurality of primary windings electrically connected one to another. A relay is electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of poles. A supplemental field is mounted to the frame. The supplemental field includes a supplemental winding electrically connected in parallel to the plurality of primary windings. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300131 | METHOD OF OPERATING VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS - A method of operating a variable flux electric machine includes passing an electrical current through a plurality of wound poles of a wound field to generate a first flux, rotating an armature at a first crank point having a first speed in response to the first flux, shorting at least one of the plurality of wound poles, generating a second flux through a permanent magnet (PM) field having a plurality of PM poles, and rotating the armature at a second crank point having a second speed in response to the second flux, the second speed being greater than the first speed. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140028032 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER STORAGE DEVICE - When electric power exceeding output allowable power at an engine startup time is output from a power storage device, deviated from a predetermined period of time during which the output allowable power of the power storage device is switched, an ECU suppresses increase of the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine. Specifically, the ECU modifies the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine from a first value to a second value lower than the first value, based on a period of time before deviation is eliminated. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035292 | System and Method for Limiting a Starting Current - For the electrical protection of a current control device | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140138960 | Method for jump starting a vehicle - A method for jump starting a vehicle comprising causing a control unit to set a reference voltage by choosing a point from a chart plotting voltage across a starting battery versus time during a vehicle start; determining whether the voltage across a starting battery of the vehicle is less than the reference voltage; closing a switch if the determination is positive, thereby causing an external power source to supply high current to the starting battery; adding the high current and current from the starting battery to obtain a total current; and supplying the total current to a starter motor of the vehicle so as to start the vehicle. An apparatus for thus jump starting a vehicle is also disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140175806 | EMERGENCY STARTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL HYBRID VEHICLE - An emergency starting system and an emergency starting method of a fuel cell hybrid vehicle perform an emergency start when a DC power converter for starting fails. The emergency starting system includes: a fuel cell and a super capacitor connected through a main bus terminal in parallel; a driving inverter connected to the main bus terminal; a driving motor connected to the driving inverter; a balance-of-plant configured to activate the fuel cell; a starting DC power converter configured to drive the balance-of-plant; and a starting controller configured to control the super capacitor at the time of a start. The starting controller includes a super capacitor relay, an initial charging relay, and an initial charging resistor, the initial charging relay includes a plurality of relays, and the initial charging resistor includes a plurality of resistors. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140191513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STARTING AN ENGINE - A method of starting an engine is disclosed in which two or more starter motors are used to start the engine in an alternating sequence so as to equalize wear and reduce the wear of each starter motor by a factor equal to the number of starter motors provided. The starter motors are preferably positioned so as to minimize overlap between wear patterns produced by the starter motors on a cooperating ring gear | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140210216 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device for a hybrid vehicle has an engine, a starter motor that starts the engine, a driving motor that transmits a motor torque to the engine and a drive wheel, a starting motor selective control unit that starts the engine using the starter motor in response to a driving force request by a driver of the hybrid vehicle during a selected mode of operation in which the driving motor serves as the driving source, and that starts the engine using the driving motor in response to a system request. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140265352 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle electrical system for a vehicle is described which includes an electrical energy source supplying a first vehicle electrical system branch and a second vehicle electrical system branch. The first vehicle electrical system branch include a first electrical consumer with an inrush current requirement and a first inductance connected in series with the first consumer. The second vehicle electrical system branch includes a second electrical system voltage-sensitive consumer with a minimum system voltage requirement and a second inductance connected to the second consumer in series or in parallel. The first vehicle electrical system branch and the second vehicle electrical system branch are connected electrically in parallel to one another, and the first inductance and the second inductance are magnetically coupled to one another. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140375066 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device having auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the starting motor so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375067 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device with separated-type auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the staring so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150028600 | METHOD FOR LIMITING AN INRUSH CURRENT IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CIRCUIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE STARTER, AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, CURRENT LIMITER AND STARTER - A method for limiting an inrush current, which is implemented in an electrical power circuit ( | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150300305 | MOTOR STARTER - A motor starter includes a control unit and a first current path, via which energy can be supplied to a downstream electrical motor. The first current path includes a semiconductor switch and an electromechanical switch element, the semiconductor switch and the switch element being connected in series. In order to provide a cost-effective, safe motor starter, according to an embodiment of the invention the control unit is designed such that, in order to produce an energy supply via the first current path in a first step, it ensures that the voltage currently connected via the switch element, in respect of a previous opening of the switch element, lies below the allowable maximum blocking voltage of the semiconductor switch. Subsequently in a second step, the switch element first closes and then switches the semiconductor switch to be conductive. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308395 | TUNABLE STARTER RESISTOR - A passive two-terminal circuit element may include a resistor including a carbon-metal composite resistive element. The resistive element is configured to maintain a resistivity that fluctuates less than one tenth of an ohm per ten degree temperature change up to 400 degrees Celsius. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150369200 | STARTER MOTOR - A starter motor of a vehicle is provided and includes a housing having a central longitudinal axis and at least first and second coils disposed within the housing. One of the at least first and second coils is configured to control driveshaft and ring gear engagement and the other one of the at least first and second coils is offset from the central longitudinal axis and configured to control an application of current to a motor disposed to drive rotation of a driveshaft of the vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160115933 | STARTING BATTERY FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A starting battery for use with an electric starting system includes a starter motor and a battery receiver. The starting battery includes a lithium-ion battery cell, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The voltage output terminals of the starting battery are configured to connect to two voltage output terminals of the battery receiver to complete a circuit between the lithium-ion battery cell and the starter motor when the starting battery is attached to the battery receiver. The enable terminal of the starting battery is configured to connect to an enable terminal of the battery receiver to receive an enable signal to the starting battery to allow the starting battery to provide power to the starter motor to start an internal combustion engine. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160138549 | Engine Start-Up Device, and Engine-Start-Up Control Method - The purpose of the present invention is to swiftly start up an engine in a range in which electrical equipment having electric power supplied thereto by a battery is not reset, even in cases when the battery is insufficiently charged and the battery is deteriorated. An engine start-up device according to the present invention starts up an engine by transmitting, to the engine, the rotary force of a direct-current motor driven by a battery. The engine start-up device is provided with: a battery-voltage acquisition unit for acquiring the battery voltage of the battery; a target-current-value calculation unit which calculates, on the basis of the battery voltage acquired by the battery-voltage acquisition unit, a target current value for a motor current to be supplied from the battery to the direct-current motor; and a motor-current control unit for controlling a switching element which is connected to the direct-current motor, and through which the motor current flows, such that the motor-current value of the motor current approaches the target current value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138550 | METHOD TO DECOUPLE BATTERY FROM HIGH LEVEL CRANKING CURRENTS OF DIESEL ENGINES - A method of decoupling a battery during high current cranking of an engine comprises charging a supercapacitor bank to a preselected DC supercapacitor voltage from a battery when said battery is above a preselected battery voltage, switching the supercapacitor bank to a load and switching the battery off the load, starting the engine and supplying initial voltage and current until terminal voltage of the supercapacitor is equal to terminal voltage of the battery, switching the battery into parallel with the supercapacitor, disconnecting the supercapacitor from the load, and recharging the supercapacitor to the preselected DC capacitor voltage. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20190145370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20110304156 | METHOD FOR STARTING THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine, at least one electric drive motor and a starter. The internal combustion engine optionally can be started by the starter or the electric drive motor. However, the internal combustion engine is started by the starter when the vehicle is already being driven by the electric drive motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120119516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING IN-RUSH CURRENT TO A STARTER MOTOR OF A VEHICLE - A system and method for limiting engine starting current of a starter motor of an engine is described. In one example, starter motor current is controlled according to vehicle speed. The method may allow vehicle system voltage to remain at a higher level during automatically initiated engine starts. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130099507 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE AND ENGINE STARTING METHOD - An ECU executes a program including the steps of carrying out fluctuation suppression control in a case where a request to start an engine has been made, a rotation mode has been selected, and a motor is being driven and canceling fluctuation suppression control in a case where a full drive mode has been selected and engagement between a pinion gear and a ring gear has been completed. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130147207 | STARTER MOTOR WITH DRIVE ASSEMBLY FITTED WITH A COUPLING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A PINION MOUNTED FREELY ON ITS ROTOR SHAFT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A starter comprises an electric motor which drives a rotor shaft, a drive shaft that can be rotationally coupled to the rotor shaft, and a pinion mounted on the drive shaft and movable in a translational movement between a rest position and an active position by a movement system. The starter comprises a coupling system that couples a rotary movement in one direction of rotation of the rotor shaft to the pinion. The coupling system moves from an uncoupled state into a coupled state and vice versa. In the coupled state, the rotor shaft is firmly attached to the pinion in the starting direction of rotation. In the uncoupled state, the pinion is disconnected from the rotor shaft in both directions of rotation. The starter further comprises a movement system for moving the pinion from the coupling system into the uncoupled state as it moves the pinion into active position. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20150084345 | MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle electrical system, wherein a control unit senses or detects a start-stop command for the internal combustion engine, wherein when a start-stop command is sensed or detected a switching element is switched into the first switching state and the voltage at the DC/DC output, which is connected to the switching element, is increased by a control unit by means of a control command, wherein a measuring unit senses and evaluates the voltage condition over the switching element, wherein depending upon the evaluation the start-stop command is or is not carried out by a control unit using a control command Also disclosed is a method for operating a motor vehicle electrical system. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150292464 | VEHICLE, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle comprises: a storage battery configured to store electric power; an internal combustion engine configured to be started with electric power supplied from the storage battery; an electric auxiliary configured to operate with the electric power supplied from the storage battery; and a stop start controller configured to perform a stop control of stopping the internal combustion engine according to a driving condition of the vehicle and a restart control of restarting the internal combustion engine that has been stopped by the stop control. The stop start controller includes: an auxiliary voltage acquirer configured to obtain a measured auxiliary voltage value that denotes a voltage of the electric auxiliary measured on occasion of start of the internal combustion engine; and a feasibility determiner configured to determine whether the stop control is feasible, based on the measured auxiliary voltage value. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20140001768 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENGINE, ENGINE STARTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150097375 | AUXILIARY MESH TYPE STARTER - An auxiliary mesh type starter, comprising a motor, an electromagnetic switch connected with the motor and relays connected with the electromagnetic switch, wherein the electromagnetic switch comprises a holding coil, an attracting coil, a stop seat arranged at the rear end parts of the holding coil and the attracting coil, a plunger arranged on the inner circumferences of the holding coil and the attracting coil and capable of sliding in an axial direction, a return spring for applying return force to the plunger, and a contact point arranged at the rear end of the plunger; and the relays are connected to a key switch, wherein the relays comprise a first relay and a second relay, with the head end of the attracting coil connects to the key switch via the first relay, and the head end of the holding coil connects to the key switch via the second relay. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20130328323 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and mechanism for starting an internal combustion engine, having a summed torque extending in a wave form over a rotational angle of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, by means of an electric machine which is rotationally coupled to the crankshaft and torsional elasticity which is effective between the crankshaft and the electric machine. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140028031 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - During an inertial energy storage operation, electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled such that a direct current electric power from an electric power storage device is converted into an alternating current by the inverter so as to be supplied to stator windings, such that torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an output side rotor from a stator to rotatively drive the output side rotor in a state where power transmission from the output side rotor to a drive axle is stopped. During a cranking operation after the inertial energy storage operation, the electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled to permit application of the alternating current to rotor windings, such that a torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an input side rotor from the output side rotor, thereby rotatively driving an input side rotor to crank the engine. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20110187127 | SWITCHING APPARATUS FOR STARTER - There is disclosed a switching apparatus for a starter comprising a resistor for suppressing a startup current of a motor when an engine is started, an electromagnetic relay for bypassing the resistor to energize the motor after the motor is started, a function for pushing a pinion of the starter toward a ring gear, an electromagnetic switch for opening and closing a main contact of the motor circuit. The resistor, the electromagnetic relay, and the electromagnetic switch are integrally accommodated inside a housing formed of a metallic bottomed frame and a contact cover, and are connected to the motor circuit via two external connection terminals fixed to the contact cover. The apparatus can facilitate connectivity to the vehicle side by reducing the number of cables and can enhance an installation property. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120086219 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF A STARTER CONTROL - A circuit configuration is described, for starting an internal combustion engine, using at least one starter, which includes a starter motor, an engaging relay, a switching relay and a control relay, the control relay being able to be controlled by an ignition switch, the engaging relay being able to be controlled by the control relay and a current path of the starter motor being able to be switched using the switching relay. In order for the starter, for starting an internal combustion engine, to operate more accurately, and thus to achieve a longer service life, the switching relay is able to be controlled as a function of the occurrence of a specified event, at least in the switching-off process. This has the advantage that the switching relay is able to interrupt a current path from the starter motor earlier in time, especially a main current path, so that energizing in the reverse direction is avoided. Consequently, the switching relay is able to release the current path of the starter motor specified in such a way that in the switching-off process, during the disengaging of a starter pinion, pinion bounce is clearly reduced, or even eliminated. In the switching-off process of the starter, a motion of the starter pinion back in the direction towards the ring gear, after the disengagement, is avoided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120104769 | STARTER HAVING A SWITCHABLE NUMBER OF POLE PAIRS - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120292919 | ENGINE START CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - By avoiding an excessive cranking torque when starting the engine by a motor/generator and expanding a motor running region, fuel economy is improved. For a large required acceleration, cranking torque Tcr is maintained to hold an initial value, while, when the required acceleration is small, cranking torque Tcr will be adjusted to decrease. The time between an engine start command and the instant at which engine rotation speed Ne reaches a predetermined rotation speed Ne is measured as an engine start time TMst. When the TMst is below a limit value TMst_Lim that is capable of starting the engine and acceptable, as shown at instants t | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130026767 | STARTER HAVING ENGAGEMENT DETECTION FUNCTION - The invention relates to a starter ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130062891 | ENGINE CRANKING MOTOR SOFT-START SYSTEM AND METHOD - An engine cranking motor soft-start system and method includes at least one cranking motor and a switching power converter which is coupled to the cranking motors such that the voltage across the motors varies with the converter's duty cycle. The duty cycle, and thereby the voltage across the motors, is gradually increased over a predetermined period. This serves to limit the acceleration of the cranking motors, and thereby their peak current and torque, which may serve to increase their service life. The cranking motors are typically operatively coupled to drive respective pinion gears which are brought into engagement with a ring gear when starting the engine. The system is preferably arranged such that the gradually increasing duty cycle results in the torque of the cranking motors being sufficient to break an abutment that may be present between the pinion gears and the ring gear. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130168974 | Starter Motor Assembly With Soft Start Solenoid - A solenoid in an engine starter assembly includes an electromagnetic coil operable on a plunger coupled to a shift lever to move a pinion gear into contact with the engine ring gear. The solenoid is provided with a return spring to restore the plunger to an initial position in which the pinion and ring gears are disengaged, in the absence of a coil force. A contact plate is supported on the plunger to engage open electrical contacts when the plunger is in a first position to complete an electrical circuit to drive the starter motor rotating the pinion gear at a faster speed. An over-travel spring resists movement of the plunger once the contact plate engages the electrical contacts. An auxiliary spring is disposed on the plunger to resist movement of the plunger only when the plunger travels to a position offset between the initial position and the first position. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130175809 | VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a first motor-generator, which allows cranking an engine, and an inverter, which drives the first motor-generator. During running of the vehicle, when an operation to stop the hybrid system is performed, and then when an operation to start a hybrid system is performed before the vehicle stops, an HVECU operates the inverter. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221681 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a motor that is coupled to a pinion. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. In some embodiments, the electronic control unit can be capable of being configured and arranged to circulate a priming current from a power source to the motor through at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221682 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members, a motor that is coupled to a pinion, and power module and controller that is coupled to the motor. In some embodiments, at least one of the power module and the controller are configured to control a speed of the pinion to substantially synchronize the pinion speed and the speed of an engine component. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130334827 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING A STARTER ,WHICH IS CONTROLLABLE BY A DRIVER UNIT ,FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. A method for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the driver unit being controllable by a control unit with the aid of at least one activation line, a switch, which is controllable by the control unit, being situated between the driver unit and a supply unit coupled to a supply voltage, the starter being activated with the aid of the control unit and the switch in the case of failure of the at least one activation line and/or at least one part of the driver unit. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140353979 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONVERTER FOR A STARTER MOTOR - A method is described for operating a converter for a starter motor, in particular a belt-driven starter motor, of a vehicle, including the steps of detecting a temperature of the converter, and controlling a current supplied to the converter as a function of the detected temperature using a setpoint temperature as a reference variable. In addition, the invention describes a converter for a starter motor of a vehicle which is capable of carrying out the method according to the invention. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150028599 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay for starting a motor of a starter includes a resistor to reduce an activation current that flows through the motor from a battery for activation of the motor, a relay contact that causes the starting current to flow while bypassing the resistor, a relay coil that forms an electromagnet when excited by energization, and a control circuit that controls an excited state of the relay coil for activation of the motor to open or close the relay contact, thus controlling energization of the motor from the battery via the resistor. The electromagnetic relay incorporates therein the control circuit. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150303739 | ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - An in-vehicle solar system that supplies electric energy from a solar battery module to an electric device such as a secondary battery, a load, and the like includes a capacitor that accumulates electric energy from the solar battery module and supplies the accumulated electric energy to the electric device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308397 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, capable of switching output characteristics of a starter without an electronic control unit (ECU) controlling field current flowing through field coils. The apparatus includes a starter including a wound-field-type brushed direct current (DC) motor, a bypass path electrically connected in parallel with at least part of field coils of the motor, and a switch provided along the bypass path and configured to render the bypass path conducting or non-conducting. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316017 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, including a motor, an output shaft driven by the motor, a pinion provided along the output shaft, and an electro-magnetic solenoid device. The electro-magnetic solenoid device is configured to push the pinion axially toward a ring gear of the engine to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and transfer a rotational force, which is referred to as a motor torque, generated by energization of the motor from the pinion to the ring gear, thereby starting the engine. The apparatus is configured such that, at starting of the engine in its warmed-up state, the motor torque can continue to be applied from the pinion to the ring gear until at least the second compression stroke even when an engine speed varies. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160047348 | REMOTE START CONTROL FOR VEHICLES - Methods and systems are provided for controlling a remote start feature of an engine of a vehicle. A receiver is configured to receive a signal to initiate a remote start of the engine. A processor is coupled to the receiver, and is configured to initiate the remote start after receiving the signal; set a timer that measures an amount of time after which the remote start has been initiated, for a duration of the remote start; extend the remote start upon detection of an action by an individual proximate the vehicle before the amount of time exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and terminate the remote start after the amount of time exceeds the first predetermined threshold if no action has been detected during the duration of the remote start. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160123292 | COLD TEMPERATURE ENGINE START STRATEGIES - A method of starting a vehicle may include, in response to an expected driver entry, stroking a clutch configured to couple an engine to an electric machine for a predetermined time period. The method may further include, in response to an engine start request received during the predetermined time period, providing power to the electric machine to spin the electric machine at a speed at least equal to a target engine cranking speed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160153419 | Hybrid Vehicle | 06-02-2016 |
| 20080258472 | Method of Controlling Power Supply to an Electric Starter - The invention relates to a method of controlling the power supply to an electric starter that drives heat engine of a vehicle, in which the starter power supply is stopped after each supply phase for a first pre-determined period T | 10-23-2008 |
| 290038000 | Stop cranking responsive to manifold conditions | 1 |
| 20080211235 | Device For Controlling a Heat Engine Starter, Such as That of a Motor Vehicle, and Starter Comprising One Such Device - The invention relates to a device for controlling a starter for a heat engine that is equipped with an electric motor having a field coil with several windings and an armature winding, both of which are mounted in series, comprising a power contact which is equipped with terminals, one of said terminals being connected to the positive terminal (+Bat) of a battery and the other terminal being connected to the field coil having several windings. The inventive device comprises first means which, in a first phase upon closure of the power contact, activate part of the windings of the field coil and second delayed-action means which, in a second phase during which the power contact is always closed, activate at least a large number of the windings of the coil. The invention is intended for the heat engine starter of a vehicle. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080265586 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage device for storing energy for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a DC-DC converter, a plurality of capacitors connected electrically to the DC-DC converter, and a housing for containing the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The DC-DC converter converts a voltage provided by the motor vehicle's battery to a second voltage stored by the capacitors. During an engine start cycle, energy discharges from the capacitors to the starter motor of the engine, wherein the stored voltage of the capacitors provides energy to start the engine. The capacitors are recharged by the vehicle's battery. A thermally insulated barrier separates the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The housing may be sized and shaped substantially as that of a standard motor vehicle battery, enabling the energy storage device to be installed within the motor vehicle as a substitute for one or more of the vehicle's batteries. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090224557 | ENGINE STOP/START SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A method of operating an engine stop/start system includes connecting an armature of a starter motor to the engine through an overrunning clutch when the engine changes a rotational direction. | 09-10-2009 |
| 20090250942 | ENGINE STARTER - An electromagnetic controller includes an exciting coil unit that is provided with a coil main body and an exciting piece that is positioned at a tip end side of the coil main body so as to be magnetized according to an excitation of the coil main body; and a plunger that is disposed in a ring-shaped space formed at an inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to be movable in the ring-shaped space in an axial center direction, the plunger being displaceable from a non-acting position to an acting position at a tip end side under an attracting force based on magnetization of the exciting piece, wherein an urging member is provided at the inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to urge the plunger to a side of the non-acting position according to demagnetization of the exciting piece. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090284022 | PORTABLE POWER DRIVEN EQUIPMENT WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMBINED BATTERY CHARGING AND STARTING CIRCUIT WHERE THE BATTERY IS A REMOVABLE BATTERY PACK - A portable generator system having a generator for generating an electrical output signal, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a starter for starting the internal combustion engine, an alternator for generating an AC signal for powering a charger assembly, a battery pack, and a charger subsystem. The charger system has a charger assembly that receives the AC signal and generates a DC charging signal for recharging the battery pack. The charger assembly has a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is used to apply an output of the battery to energize the starter. The second switch, when placed in a Start position, enables current from the battery pack to energize the starter while inhibiting the application of the DC charging signal to the battery pack. When placed in the Charge position, the second switch inhibits the battery pack output from energizing the starter while enabling the DC charging signal to be applied to the battery pack. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090322101 | Engine Cranking System and Method - A vehicle has an engine, a starter motor, an energy storage system (ESS) for powering an auxiliary system, and a supercapacitor module for powering the starter motor during engine cranking and starting. The supercapacitor module disconnects from the starter motor to recharge. A DC-DC booster converter increases the level of voltage supplied from the ESS so as to charge the supercapacitor module to a relatively higher voltage level, such as approximately 125 to 140 percent of the voltage level supplied by the ESS. A method for preventing voltage sag in an auxiliary system of the vehicle includes disconnecting the supercapacitor module from the starter motor when the engine is running, and then charging the supercapacitor module using the ESS until a cranking support voltage equals a stored target voltage. A detected commanded cranking and starting of the engine causes the connection of the supercapacitor module to the starter motor. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100244459 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENGINE START CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for starting an engine in a vehicle, the engine including a starter, the vehicle including a plurality of energy storage devices electrically coupled to the starter. One example method comprises, during a first charging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in parallel to each other; and during a second discharging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in series to each other and to the starter to actuate the starter and rotate the engine. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100264670 | STARTER FOR STARTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a starter for starting an internal combustion engine with a first output shaft to which a ring gear is coupled, a motor has a second output shaft to which a movable pinion member is coupled and is operative to, when energized, rotate the second output shaft. A solenoid device includes a solenoid actuator linked to the movable pinion member. The solenoid actuator is configured to, when activated, shift the movable pinion member toward the ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. The solenoid device includes a solenoid switch configure to, when activated, energize the motor. The solenoid actuator and the solenoid switch are integrated with each other to provide the solenoid device. A controller module is configured to individually control an activation of the solenoid actuator and an activation of the solenoid switch. The controller module is mounted on the solenoid device. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110042969 | CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR AN AC STARTER-GENERATOR SYSTEM - An aircraft engine starting system may comprise a starter motor, a start controller for controlling the starter motor to operate with a desired torque output, and a processor for determining torque profiles for the starter motor. The processor may provide an initial torque profile responsively to ambient condition of the engine. The processor may also provide modifications to the initial torque profile responsively to temperature of the start controller. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110049910 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motor generator is connected to a high voltage battery through an inverter. A voltage of the high voltage battery is decreased and is applied to a low voltage battery through a DC-DC converter. At time of starting an engine, a starting operation of a starter is executed by applying an output voltage of the DC-DC converter | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110095545 | ENGINE STARTER AND RESISTOR SHORT-CIRCUITING DEVICE - Provided is an engine starter having a simple structure and excellent in stability and reliability, which starts an engine while preventing an occurrence of instantaneous interruption in an electrical device mounted in a vehicle. An engine starter for driving a starter motor by closing a starter switch | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110101704 | Starter - A starter comprises: an electric motor with an enclosure; a gear train mounted to one end of the motor; and a switch module for controlling operation of the motor. The switch module has an enclosure. The enclosure of the switch module and the enclosure of the motor are integrally formed as a single housing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110115238 | STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110198862 | ENGINE STARTER WITH IMPROVED FIXING STRUCTURE OF AUXILIARY ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH - Disclosed is a starter for starting an engine. The starter includes a starter main body, a main electromagnetic switch, and an auxiliary electromagnetic switch. The starter main body includes a motor that generates torque upon being supplied with electric power. The main electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively opening and closing an electric circuit for supplying electric power from a battery to the motor. The auxiliary electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively switching the electric circuit between a high-resistance path and a low-resistance path. The starter is characterized in that the auxiliary electromagnetic switch is fixed to a fixture, and the fixture is fixed to only one of the starter main body and the main electromagnetic switch. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198863 | Starter Relay Control - A starter control system is disclosed. In one example, the starter control system allows both automatic and manual control over an engine starting sequence. The starter control system can enhance starter control system flexibility. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110221210 | ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM WITH HIGH-AND LOW-SPEED MODES OF MOTOR OPERATION - An engine starting apparatus includes a first and a second power supply path extending from a battery to an electric motor to start an engine. An electromagnetic switch has main contacts disposed in the first power supply path. A resistor is disposed in the second power supply path. A motor relay has relay contacts disposed in series with the resistor. A controller delays the time when the main contacts are closed to apply a full voltage of the battery to the motor until a given time lag has elapsed after the relay contacts are closed to supply electric current to the electric motor through the resistor. Specifically, when it is required to apply the full voltage to the motor to run the motor at a rated speed, the current does not pass through the relay contacts, thus resulting in no voltage drop, which ensures the stability in starting the engine. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110304157 | Time Delay Contactor For Aircraft APU Starter - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304158 | TIME DELAY CONTACTOR FOR AIRCRAFT APU STARTER - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120032453 | STARTER CONTROLLER - A relay is provided in a power supply line from a battery to a motor of a starter in a vehicle. The relay is selectively switched between a contact side state where contacts short-circuit and a resistor side state where the contacts open and a resistor is inserted into the power supply line in series. When an engine is started, an ECU controlling the starter energizes the motor by driving the relay to the resistor side only for a first predetermined time in order to suppress inrush current and voltage fall due to the inrush current. The ECU detects a contact side state fixation abnormality of the relay based on a battery voltage at the time when the motor is energized by driving the relay to the resistor side. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120068475 | STARTER MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT START SOLENOID - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a pull-in coil and a hold-in coil positioned axially adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is positioned within the pull-in coil and configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil is energized. The plunger is separated from a plunger stop in the axial direction by an air gap when the pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are not energized. When the pull-in coil and hold-in coil are energized, a shoulder of the plunger moves in an axial direction toward the plunger stop. The pull-in coil is positioned in the solenoid such that it is removed from the plunger stop in the axial direction. In contrast, the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068476 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH SPOOL FOR RETAINING COILS - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a spool including a first coil bay, a second coil bay, and an interior passage defining an axial direction. A first coil is positioned in the first coil bay of the spool, and a second coil positioned in the second coil bay of the spool. A plunger is positioned within the interior passage of the spool and configured to move in the axial direction when the first coil is energized. The first coil bay is positioned adjacent to the second coil bay in the axial direction. The spool further includes two end flanges and a middle flange. The middle flange separates the first coil bay from the second coil bay. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068477 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH RECTANGULAR COIL WINDING - A solenoid for a vehicle starter includes a pull-in coil made of a length of rectangular wire and a hold-in coil adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil made of rectangular wire is energized. The pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are positioned on a spool with the plunger slideably positioned within a central passage of the spool. The plunger is configured to engage a plunger stop when the pull-in coil is energized. In at least one embodiment, the hold-in coil is separated from the plunger stop in the axial direction and the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120119517 | DEVICE FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE USING AN IMPROVED CONTROL UNIT - A device for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described, which has a starter motor, an engaging relay, a starting current relay, a main current relay, a control unit and a switching module situated between the relays named and the control unit. The control unit is an engine control unit of the motor vehicle. The switching module has inputs which are connected to one output, respectively, of the engine control unit, and has outputs at which control signals for the relays named are provided. The outputs of the engine control unit are small signal outputs. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120126547 | DC MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT STARTING CAPABILITY - A DC motor assembly ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120139263 | Method and device for operating a starter of a vehicle - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a position of a starter pinion is detected, and an advance of the starter pinion is regulated as a function of the detected position. For example, the advance during the meshing of the starter pinion with a starter ring gear of a drive motor of the vehicle is regulated | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120153637 | ENGINE SYSTEM - To provide an engine system with which in a case where a power supply voltage whose specification is to be changed is higher than an expected voltage, the specification of the power supply voltage from an alternating-current power supply can be changed at low cost without providing an additional transformer.
| 06-21-2012 |
| 20120153638 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - Engine control device includes a delay unit which delays or cuts off a flow of current from a first current system, which directs current to a coil, to a second current system, which directs current to a starter motor. When a starter switch, which turns the flow of current from the power source to the first current system on or off, is turned on and electricity flows to the first current system, the delay unit delays the current flowing from the first current system to the second current system. When electricity flows to the first current system as a result of a controller having turned a first switch on, the delay unit cuts off the flow of electricity from the first current system to the second current system. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120175890 | Control and method of a starter motor for a starter device - A control is described for a starter device of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having a starter motor, a first current path and at least one additional second current path, which is connected in parallel to the first current path, for energizing the starter motor, the first current path having an switching device, in particular a starter relay. In order to improve an energization of the starter motor, the control is in operative contact with a testing device for checking a switching state of the switching device and provided with an adapter for adapting the energization of the switching device. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120200093 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR A STARTING DEVICE - A circuit configuration for an electric machine, e.g., a starter motor for starting an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, includes a current limiting device for limiting a starting current of the electric machine. The circuit configuration includes a bridging device for bridging the current limiting device. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120306217 | STARTER WITH NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A starter includes a motor, an electromagnetic switch, and a noise reduction device. The motor is connected to a power supply line via a motor lead line, and produces torque by power supplied from a battery. The electromagnetic switch includes an electric contact connected to the power supply line via a battery-side terminal and a motor-side terminal, and opens and closes the electric contact in conjunction with on-off operation of a solenoid. The noise reduction device includes at least one capacitor inserted between ground and the power supply line, and reduces noise produced from the motor. In the starter, a conductor is inserted between the motor-side terminal and the motor lead line as an inductance component capable of increasing an impedance of a starter equivalent circuit of the starter. The at least one capacitor is inserted between ground and one end of the conductor connected to the motor-side terminal. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120313381 | STARTER CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A starter circuit includes a battery, a starter electrically coupled with the battery, a relay disposed between the battery and the starter, and a starter switch mounted remotely from the starter. The starter includes a switch assembly and a starter motor. The switch assembly includes an actuator and a start signal switch. The relay is configured to operate to provide current to the switch assembly to close the start signal switch in response to a received signal. The starter switch closes in response to the start signal switch being closed, whereby the battery delivers current to the starter motor when the starter switch is closed. A starter unit is also disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130175810 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR STARTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STARTER - An ECU executes a program including the steps of selecting a rotation mode in a case where a request to start an engine has been made and an engine rotation speed is equal to or lower than α | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221683 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a first and a second coil winding. The starter machine can also include a motor that is coupled to a pinion. The starter machine can comprise an electromagnetic switch that is coupled to the first coil winding and is configured to regulate a priming current passing through the first coil winding. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to the first winding and the control unit can be capable of closing the electromagnetic switch to circulate the priming current from a power source to the motor through the first coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A STARTER OF A VEHICLE - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a physical variable is measured, and a starter current of the starter is limited or not limited as a function of the measured physical variable, the limiting action being terminated after a predetermined period of time in the event that the starter current is limited. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130234446 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A control device for controlling a rotary electrical machine functioning as a motor and as a power generator, the device being provided with a power conversion circuit serving to function as an inverter for supplying a drive current from a battery to the rotary electrical machine and as a rectifier for rectifying the power generation output of the rotary electrical machine and supplying the output to the battery; and being provided with a controller for controlling the conversion circuit so that three-phase armature coils of the rotary electrical machine are short-circuited when the battery is disconnected from the conversion circuit and the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit becomes excessive, after which, when the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit decreases to a set low voltage, the short circuit of one phase of the armature coil is released and only two phases are short-circuited. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130257062 | POWER CIRCUIT - A power circuit includes a boost circuit having a boost switching element, a coil provided between a battery and the boost switching element and a rectifier element provided between the coil and a load, a first switch connected to the boost circuit in parallel, a current detection circuit detecting current flowing through the first switch and a control circuit turning on the first switch during a normal state other than a restart of an engine after an idling stop and turning off the first switch and controlling an operation of the boost switching element at a restart of the engine after an idling stop so that voltage of the battery is boosted and supplied to the load. The control circuit determines based on the current detected by the current detection circuit during the normal state whether or not the first switch has an open fault. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130300129 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric machine including a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, a first field having a plurality of windings that defines at least one wound pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, a second field having at least one permanent magnet (PM) that defines at least one PM pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, and a relay electrically coupled to the plurality of windings of the first field. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300130 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MOTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric starter motor includes a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, and a primary field mounted to the frame. The primary field includes a plurality of primary windings electrically connected one to another. A relay is electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of poles. A supplemental field is mounted to the frame. The supplemental field includes a supplemental winding electrically connected in parallel to the plurality of primary windings. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300131 | METHOD OF OPERATING VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS - A method of operating a variable flux electric machine includes passing an electrical current through a plurality of wound poles of a wound field to generate a first flux, rotating an armature at a first crank point having a first speed in response to the first flux, shorting at least one of the plurality of wound poles, generating a second flux through a permanent magnet (PM) field having a plurality of PM poles, and rotating the armature at a second crank point having a second speed in response to the second flux, the second speed being greater than the first speed. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140028032 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER STORAGE DEVICE - When electric power exceeding output allowable power at an engine startup time is output from a power storage device, deviated from a predetermined period of time during which the output allowable power of the power storage device is switched, an ECU suppresses increase of the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine. Specifically, the ECU modifies the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine from a first value to a second value lower than the first value, based on a period of time before deviation is eliminated. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035292 | System and Method for Limiting a Starting Current - For the electrical protection of a current control device | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140138960 | Method for jump starting a vehicle - A method for jump starting a vehicle comprising causing a control unit to set a reference voltage by choosing a point from a chart plotting voltage across a starting battery versus time during a vehicle start; determining whether the voltage across a starting battery of the vehicle is less than the reference voltage; closing a switch if the determination is positive, thereby causing an external power source to supply high current to the starting battery; adding the high current and current from the starting battery to obtain a total current; and supplying the total current to a starter motor of the vehicle so as to start the vehicle. An apparatus for thus jump starting a vehicle is also disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140175806 | EMERGENCY STARTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL HYBRID VEHICLE - An emergency starting system and an emergency starting method of a fuel cell hybrid vehicle perform an emergency start when a DC power converter for starting fails. The emergency starting system includes: a fuel cell and a super capacitor connected through a main bus terminal in parallel; a driving inverter connected to the main bus terminal; a driving motor connected to the driving inverter; a balance-of-plant configured to activate the fuel cell; a starting DC power converter configured to drive the balance-of-plant; and a starting controller configured to control the super capacitor at the time of a start. The starting controller includes a super capacitor relay, an initial charging relay, and an initial charging resistor, the initial charging relay includes a plurality of relays, and the initial charging resistor includes a plurality of resistors. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140191513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STARTING AN ENGINE - A method of starting an engine is disclosed in which two or more starter motors are used to start the engine in an alternating sequence so as to equalize wear and reduce the wear of each starter motor by a factor equal to the number of starter motors provided. The starter motors are preferably positioned so as to minimize overlap between wear patterns produced by the starter motors on a cooperating ring gear | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140210216 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device for a hybrid vehicle has an engine, a starter motor that starts the engine, a driving motor that transmits a motor torque to the engine and a drive wheel, a starting motor selective control unit that starts the engine using the starter motor in response to a driving force request by a driver of the hybrid vehicle during a selected mode of operation in which the driving motor serves as the driving source, and that starts the engine using the driving motor in response to a system request. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140265352 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle electrical system for a vehicle is described which includes an electrical energy source supplying a first vehicle electrical system branch and a second vehicle electrical system branch. The first vehicle electrical system branch include a first electrical consumer with an inrush current requirement and a first inductance connected in series with the first consumer. The second vehicle electrical system branch includes a second electrical system voltage-sensitive consumer with a minimum system voltage requirement and a second inductance connected to the second consumer in series or in parallel. The first vehicle electrical system branch and the second vehicle electrical system branch are connected electrically in parallel to one another, and the first inductance and the second inductance are magnetically coupled to one another. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140375066 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device having auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the starting motor so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375067 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device with separated-type auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the staring so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150028600 | METHOD FOR LIMITING AN INRUSH CURRENT IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CIRCUIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE STARTER, AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, CURRENT LIMITER AND STARTER - A method for limiting an inrush current, which is implemented in an electrical power circuit ( | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150300305 | MOTOR STARTER - A motor starter includes a control unit and a first current path, via which energy can be supplied to a downstream electrical motor. The first current path includes a semiconductor switch and an electromechanical switch element, the semiconductor switch and the switch element being connected in series. In order to provide a cost-effective, safe motor starter, according to an embodiment of the invention the control unit is designed such that, in order to produce an energy supply via the first current path in a first step, it ensures that the voltage currently connected via the switch element, in respect of a previous opening of the switch element, lies below the allowable maximum blocking voltage of the semiconductor switch. Subsequently in a second step, the switch element first closes and then switches the semiconductor switch to be conductive. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308395 | TUNABLE STARTER RESISTOR - A passive two-terminal circuit element may include a resistor including a carbon-metal composite resistive element. The resistive element is configured to maintain a resistivity that fluctuates less than one tenth of an ohm per ten degree temperature change up to 400 degrees Celsius. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150369200 | STARTER MOTOR - A starter motor of a vehicle is provided and includes a housing having a central longitudinal axis and at least first and second coils disposed within the housing. One of the at least first and second coils is configured to control driveshaft and ring gear engagement and the other one of the at least first and second coils is offset from the central longitudinal axis and configured to control an application of current to a motor disposed to drive rotation of a driveshaft of the vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160115933 | STARTING BATTERY FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A starting battery for use with an electric starting system includes a starter motor and a battery receiver. The starting battery includes a lithium-ion battery cell, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The voltage output terminals of the starting battery are configured to connect to two voltage output terminals of the battery receiver to complete a circuit between the lithium-ion battery cell and the starter motor when the starting battery is attached to the battery receiver. The enable terminal of the starting battery is configured to connect to an enable terminal of the battery receiver to receive an enable signal to the starting battery to allow the starting battery to provide power to the starter motor to start an internal combustion engine. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160138549 | Engine Start-Up Device, and Engine-Start-Up Control Method - The purpose of the present invention is to swiftly start up an engine in a range in which electrical equipment having electric power supplied thereto by a battery is not reset, even in cases when the battery is insufficiently charged and the battery is deteriorated. An engine start-up device according to the present invention starts up an engine by transmitting, to the engine, the rotary force of a direct-current motor driven by a battery. The engine start-up device is provided with: a battery-voltage acquisition unit for acquiring the battery voltage of the battery; a target-current-value calculation unit which calculates, on the basis of the battery voltage acquired by the battery-voltage acquisition unit, a target current value for a motor current to be supplied from the battery to the direct-current motor; and a motor-current control unit for controlling a switching element which is connected to the direct-current motor, and through which the motor current flows, such that the motor-current value of the motor current approaches the target current value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138550 | METHOD TO DECOUPLE BATTERY FROM HIGH LEVEL CRANKING CURRENTS OF DIESEL ENGINES - A method of decoupling a battery during high current cranking of an engine comprises charging a supercapacitor bank to a preselected DC supercapacitor voltage from a battery when said battery is above a preselected battery voltage, switching the supercapacitor bank to a load and switching the battery off the load, starting the engine and supplying initial voltage and current until terminal voltage of the supercapacitor is equal to terminal voltage of the battery, switching the battery into parallel with the supercapacitor, disconnecting the supercapacitor from the load, and recharging the supercapacitor to the preselected DC capacitor voltage. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20190145370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20110304156 | METHOD FOR STARTING THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine, at least one electric drive motor and a starter. The internal combustion engine optionally can be started by the starter or the electric drive motor. However, the internal combustion engine is started by the starter when the vehicle is already being driven by the electric drive motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120119516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING IN-RUSH CURRENT TO A STARTER MOTOR OF A VEHICLE - A system and method for limiting engine starting current of a starter motor of an engine is described. In one example, starter motor current is controlled according to vehicle speed. The method may allow vehicle system voltage to remain at a higher level during automatically initiated engine starts. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130099507 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE AND ENGINE STARTING METHOD - An ECU executes a program including the steps of carrying out fluctuation suppression control in a case where a request to start an engine has been made, a rotation mode has been selected, and a motor is being driven and canceling fluctuation suppression control in a case where a full drive mode has been selected and engagement between a pinion gear and a ring gear has been completed. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130147207 | STARTER MOTOR WITH DRIVE ASSEMBLY FITTED WITH A COUPLING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A PINION MOUNTED FREELY ON ITS ROTOR SHAFT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A starter comprises an electric motor which drives a rotor shaft, a drive shaft that can be rotationally coupled to the rotor shaft, and a pinion mounted on the drive shaft and movable in a translational movement between a rest position and an active position by a movement system. The starter comprises a coupling system that couples a rotary movement in one direction of rotation of the rotor shaft to the pinion. The coupling system moves from an uncoupled state into a coupled state and vice versa. In the coupled state, the rotor shaft is firmly attached to the pinion in the starting direction of rotation. In the uncoupled state, the pinion is disconnected from the rotor shaft in both directions of rotation. The starter further comprises a movement system for moving the pinion from the coupling system into the uncoupled state as it moves the pinion into active position. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20150084345 | MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle electrical system, wherein a control unit senses or detects a start-stop command for the internal combustion engine, wherein when a start-stop command is sensed or detected a switching element is switched into the first switching state and the voltage at the DC/DC output, which is connected to the switching element, is increased by a control unit by means of a control command, wherein a measuring unit senses and evaluates the voltage condition over the switching element, wherein depending upon the evaluation the start-stop command is or is not carried out by a control unit using a control command Also disclosed is a method for operating a motor vehicle electrical system. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150292464 | VEHICLE, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle comprises: a storage battery configured to store electric power; an internal combustion engine configured to be started with electric power supplied from the storage battery; an electric auxiliary configured to operate with the electric power supplied from the storage battery; and a stop start controller configured to perform a stop control of stopping the internal combustion engine according to a driving condition of the vehicle and a restart control of restarting the internal combustion engine that has been stopped by the stop control. The stop start controller includes: an auxiliary voltage acquirer configured to obtain a measured auxiliary voltage value that denotes a voltage of the electric auxiliary measured on occasion of start of the internal combustion engine; and a feasibility determiner configured to determine whether the stop control is feasible, based on the measured auxiliary voltage value. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20140001768 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENGINE, ENGINE STARTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150097375 | AUXILIARY MESH TYPE STARTER - An auxiliary mesh type starter, comprising a motor, an electromagnetic switch connected with the motor and relays connected with the electromagnetic switch, wherein the electromagnetic switch comprises a holding coil, an attracting coil, a stop seat arranged at the rear end parts of the holding coil and the attracting coil, a plunger arranged on the inner circumferences of the holding coil and the attracting coil and capable of sliding in an axial direction, a return spring for applying return force to the plunger, and a contact point arranged at the rear end of the plunger; and the relays are connected to a key switch, wherein the relays comprise a first relay and a second relay, with the head end of the attracting coil connects to the key switch via the first relay, and the head end of the holding coil connects to the key switch via the second relay. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20130328323 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and mechanism for starting an internal combustion engine, having a summed torque extending in a wave form over a rotational angle of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, by means of an electric machine which is rotationally coupled to the crankshaft and torsional elasticity which is effective between the crankshaft and the electric machine. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140028031 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - During an inertial energy storage operation, electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled such that a direct current electric power from an electric power storage device is converted into an alternating current by the inverter so as to be supplied to stator windings, such that torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an output side rotor from a stator to rotatively drive the output side rotor in a state where power transmission from the output side rotor to a drive axle is stopped. During a cranking operation after the inertial energy storage operation, the electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled to permit application of the alternating current to rotor windings, such that a torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an input side rotor from the output side rotor, thereby rotatively driving an input side rotor to crank the engine. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20110187127 | SWITCHING APPARATUS FOR STARTER - There is disclosed a switching apparatus for a starter comprising a resistor for suppressing a startup current of a motor when an engine is started, an electromagnetic relay for bypassing the resistor to energize the motor after the motor is started, a function for pushing a pinion of the starter toward a ring gear, an electromagnetic switch for opening and closing a main contact of the motor circuit. The resistor, the electromagnetic relay, and the electromagnetic switch are integrally accommodated inside a housing formed of a metallic bottomed frame and a contact cover, and are connected to the motor circuit via two external connection terminals fixed to the contact cover. The apparatus can facilitate connectivity to the vehicle side by reducing the number of cables and can enhance an installation property. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120086219 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF A STARTER CONTROL - A circuit configuration is described, for starting an internal combustion engine, using at least one starter, which includes a starter motor, an engaging relay, a switching relay and a control relay, the control relay being able to be controlled by an ignition switch, the engaging relay being able to be controlled by the control relay and a current path of the starter motor being able to be switched using the switching relay. In order for the starter, for starting an internal combustion engine, to operate more accurately, and thus to achieve a longer service life, the switching relay is able to be controlled as a function of the occurrence of a specified event, at least in the switching-off process. This has the advantage that the switching relay is able to interrupt a current path from the starter motor earlier in time, especially a main current path, so that energizing in the reverse direction is avoided. Consequently, the switching relay is able to release the current path of the starter motor specified in such a way that in the switching-off process, during the disengaging of a starter pinion, pinion bounce is clearly reduced, or even eliminated. In the switching-off process of the starter, a motion of the starter pinion back in the direction towards the ring gear, after the disengagement, is avoided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120104769 | STARTER HAVING A SWITCHABLE NUMBER OF POLE PAIRS - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120292919 | ENGINE START CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - By avoiding an excessive cranking torque when starting the engine by a motor/generator and expanding a motor running region, fuel economy is improved. For a large required acceleration, cranking torque Tcr is maintained to hold an initial value, while, when the required acceleration is small, cranking torque Tcr will be adjusted to decrease. The time between an engine start command and the instant at which engine rotation speed Ne reaches a predetermined rotation speed Ne is measured as an engine start time TMst. When the TMst is below a limit value TMst_Lim that is capable of starting the engine and acceptable, as shown at instants t | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130026767 | STARTER HAVING ENGAGEMENT DETECTION FUNCTION - The invention relates to a starter ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130062891 | ENGINE CRANKING MOTOR SOFT-START SYSTEM AND METHOD - An engine cranking motor soft-start system and method includes at least one cranking motor and a switching power converter which is coupled to the cranking motors such that the voltage across the motors varies with the converter's duty cycle. The duty cycle, and thereby the voltage across the motors, is gradually increased over a predetermined period. This serves to limit the acceleration of the cranking motors, and thereby their peak current and torque, which may serve to increase their service life. The cranking motors are typically operatively coupled to drive respective pinion gears which are brought into engagement with a ring gear when starting the engine. The system is preferably arranged such that the gradually increasing duty cycle results in the torque of the cranking motors being sufficient to break an abutment that may be present between the pinion gears and the ring gear. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130168974 | Starter Motor Assembly With Soft Start Solenoid - A solenoid in an engine starter assembly includes an electromagnetic coil operable on a plunger coupled to a shift lever to move a pinion gear into contact with the engine ring gear. The solenoid is provided with a return spring to restore the plunger to an initial position in which the pinion and ring gears are disengaged, in the absence of a coil force. A contact plate is supported on the plunger to engage open electrical contacts when the plunger is in a first position to complete an electrical circuit to drive the starter motor rotating the pinion gear at a faster speed. An over-travel spring resists movement of the plunger once the contact plate engages the electrical contacts. An auxiliary spring is disposed on the plunger to resist movement of the plunger only when the plunger travels to a position offset between the initial position and the first position. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130175809 | VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a first motor-generator, which allows cranking an engine, and an inverter, which drives the first motor-generator. During running of the vehicle, when an operation to stop the hybrid system is performed, and then when an operation to start a hybrid system is performed before the vehicle stops, an HVECU operates the inverter. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221681 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a motor that is coupled to a pinion. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. In some embodiments, the electronic control unit can be capable of being configured and arranged to circulate a priming current from a power source to the motor through at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221682 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members, a motor that is coupled to a pinion, and power module and controller that is coupled to the motor. In some embodiments, at least one of the power module and the controller are configured to control a speed of the pinion to substantially synchronize the pinion speed and the speed of an engine component. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130334827 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING A STARTER ,WHICH IS CONTROLLABLE BY A DRIVER UNIT ,FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. A method for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the driver unit being controllable by a control unit with the aid of at least one activation line, a switch, which is controllable by the control unit, being situated between the driver unit and a supply unit coupled to a supply voltage, the starter being activated with the aid of the control unit and the switch in the case of failure of the at least one activation line and/or at least one part of the driver unit. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140353979 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONVERTER FOR A STARTER MOTOR - A method is described for operating a converter for a starter motor, in particular a belt-driven starter motor, of a vehicle, including the steps of detecting a temperature of the converter, and controlling a current supplied to the converter as a function of the detected temperature using a setpoint temperature as a reference variable. In addition, the invention describes a converter for a starter motor of a vehicle which is capable of carrying out the method according to the invention. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150028599 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay for starting a motor of a starter includes a resistor to reduce an activation current that flows through the motor from a battery for activation of the motor, a relay contact that causes the starting current to flow while bypassing the resistor, a relay coil that forms an electromagnet when excited by energization, and a control circuit that controls an excited state of the relay coil for activation of the motor to open or close the relay contact, thus controlling energization of the motor from the battery via the resistor. The electromagnetic relay incorporates therein the control circuit. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150303739 | ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - An in-vehicle solar system that supplies electric energy from a solar battery module to an electric device such as a secondary battery, a load, and the like includes a capacitor that accumulates electric energy from the solar battery module and supplies the accumulated electric energy to the electric device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308397 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, capable of switching output characteristics of a starter without an electronic control unit (ECU) controlling field current flowing through field coils. The apparatus includes a starter including a wound-field-type brushed direct current (DC) motor, a bypass path electrically connected in parallel with at least part of field coils of the motor, and a switch provided along the bypass path and configured to render the bypass path conducting or non-conducting. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316017 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, including a motor, an output shaft driven by the motor, a pinion provided along the output shaft, and an electro-magnetic solenoid device. The electro-magnetic solenoid device is configured to push the pinion axially toward a ring gear of the engine to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and transfer a rotational force, which is referred to as a motor torque, generated by energization of the motor from the pinion to the ring gear, thereby starting the engine. The apparatus is configured such that, at starting of the engine in its warmed-up state, the motor torque can continue to be applied from the pinion to the ring gear until at least the second compression stroke even when an engine speed varies. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160047348 | REMOTE START CONTROL FOR VEHICLES - Methods and systems are provided for controlling a remote start feature of an engine of a vehicle. A receiver is configured to receive a signal to initiate a remote start of the engine. A processor is coupled to the receiver, and is configured to initiate the remote start after receiving the signal; set a timer that measures an amount of time after which the remote start has been initiated, for a duration of the remote start; extend the remote start upon detection of an action by an individual proximate the vehicle before the amount of time exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and terminate the remote start after the amount of time exceeds the first predetermined threshold if no action has been detected during the duration of the remote start. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160123292 | COLD TEMPERATURE ENGINE START STRATEGIES - A method of starting a vehicle may include, in response to an expected driver entry, stroking a clutch configured to couple an engine to an electric machine for a predetermined time period. The method may further include, in response to an engine start request received during the predetermined time period, providing power to the electric machine to spin the electric machine at a speed at least equal to a target engine cranking speed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160153419 | Hybrid Vehicle | 06-02-2016 |
| 20080258472 | Method of Controlling Power Supply to an Electric Starter - The invention relates to a method of controlling the power supply to an electric starter that drives heat engine of a vehicle, in which the starter power supply is stopped after each supply phase for a first pre-determined period T | 10-23-2008 |
| 290038000 | Automatic starter including pedal control | 6 |
| 20080211235 | Device For Controlling a Heat Engine Starter, Such as That of a Motor Vehicle, and Starter Comprising One Such Device - The invention relates to a device for controlling a starter for a heat engine that is equipped with an electric motor having a field coil with several windings and an armature winding, both of which are mounted in series, comprising a power contact which is equipped with terminals, one of said terminals being connected to the positive terminal (+Bat) of a battery and the other terminal being connected to the field coil having several windings. The inventive device comprises first means which, in a first phase upon closure of the power contact, activate part of the windings of the field coil and second delayed-action means which, in a second phase during which the power contact is always closed, activate at least a large number of the windings of the coil. The invention is intended for the heat engine starter of a vehicle. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080265586 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE - An energy storage device for storing energy for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle includes a DC-DC converter, a plurality of capacitors connected electrically to the DC-DC converter, and a housing for containing the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The DC-DC converter converts a voltage provided by the motor vehicle's battery to a second voltage stored by the capacitors. During an engine start cycle, energy discharges from the capacitors to the starter motor of the engine, wherein the stored voltage of the capacitors provides energy to start the engine. The capacitors are recharged by the vehicle's battery. A thermally insulated barrier separates the DC-DC converter and the capacitors. The housing may be sized and shaped substantially as that of a standard motor vehicle battery, enabling the energy storage device to be installed within the motor vehicle as a substitute for one or more of the vehicle's batteries. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090224557 | ENGINE STOP/START SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A method of operating an engine stop/start system includes connecting an armature of a starter motor to the engine through an overrunning clutch when the engine changes a rotational direction. | 09-10-2009 |
| 20090250942 | ENGINE STARTER - An electromagnetic controller includes an exciting coil unit that is provided with a coil main body and an exciting piece that is positioned at a tip end side of the coil main body so as to be magnetized according to an excitation of the coil main body; and a plunger that is disposed in a ring-shaped space formed at an inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to be movable in the ring-shaped space in an axial center direction, the plunger being displaceable from a non-acting position to an acting position at a tip end side under an attracting force based on magnetization of the exciting piece, wherein an urging member is provided at the inner diameter side of the exciting coil unit so as to urge the plunger to a side of the non-acting position according to demagnetization of the exciting piece. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090284022 | PORTABLE POWER DRIVEN EQUIPMENT WITH INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE COMBINED BATTERY CHARGING AND STARTING CIRCUIT WHERE THE BATTERY IS A REMOVABLE BATTERY PACK - A portable generator system having a generator for generating an electrical output signal, an internal combustion engine for driving the generator, a starter for starting the internal combustion engine, an alternator for generating an AC signal for powering a charger assembly, a battery pack, and a charger subsystem. The charger system has a charger assembly that receives the AC signal and generates a DC charging signal for recharging the battery pack. The charger assembly has a first switch and a second switch. The first switch is used to apply an output of the battery to energize the starter. The second switch, when placed in a Start position, enables current from the battery pack to energize the starter while inhibiting the application of the DC charging signal to the battery pack. When placed in the Charge position, the second switch inhibits the battery pack output from energizing the starter while enabling the DC charging signal to be applied to the battery pack. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090322101 | Engine Cranking System and Method - A vehicle has an engine, a starter motor, an energy storage system (ESS) for powering an auxiliary system, and a supercapacitor module for powering the starter motor during engine cranking and starting. The supercapacitor module disconnects from the starter motor to recharge. A DC-DC booster converter increases the level of voltage supplied from the ESS so as to charge the supercapacitor module to a relatively higher voltage level, such as approximately 125 to 140 percent of the voltage level supplied by the ESS. A method for preventing voltage sag in an auxiliary system of the vehicle includes disconnecting the supercapacitor module from the starter motor when the engine is running, and then charging the supercapacitor module using the ESS until a cranking support voltage equals a stored target voltage. A detected commanded cranking and starting of the engine causes the connection of the supercapacitor module to the starter motor. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100244459 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENGINE START CONTROL - Methods and systems are provided for starting an engine in a vehicle, the engine including a starter, the vehicle including a plurality of energy storage devices electrically coupled to the starter. One example method comprises, during a first charging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in parallel to each other; and during a second discharging condition, electrically coupling the plurality of energy storage devices in series to each other and to the starter to actuate the starter and rotate the engine. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100264670 | STARTER FOR STARTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In a starter for starting an internal combustion engine with a first output shaft to which a ring gear is coupled, a motor has a second output shaft to which a movable pinion member is coupled and is operative to, when energized, rotate the second output shaft. A solenoid device includes a solenoid actuator linked to the movable pinion member. The solenoid actuator is configured to, when activated, shift the movable pinion member toward the ring gear to be engaged with the ring gear. The solenoid device includes a solenoid switch configure to, when activated, energize the motor. The solenoid actuator and the solenoid switch are integrated with each other to provide the solenoid device. A controller module is configured to individually control an activation of the solenoid actuator and an activation of the solenoid switch. The controller module is mounted on the solenoid device. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110042969 | CONTROL METHODOLOGY FOR AN AC STARTER-GENERATOR SYSTEM - An aircraft engine starting system may comprise a starter motor, a start controller for controlling the starter motor to operate with a desired torque output, and a processor for determining torque profiles for the starter motor. The processor may provide an initial torque profile responsively to ambient condition of the engine. The processor may also provide modifications to the initial torque profile responsively to temperature of the start controller. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110049910 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A motor generator is connected to a high voltage battery through an inverter. A voltage of the high voltage battery is decreased and is applied to a low voltage battery through a DC-DC converter. At time of starting an engine, a starting operation of a starter is executed by applying an output voltage of the DC-DC converter | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110095545 | ENGINE STARTER AND RESISTOR SHORT-CIRCUITING DEVICE - Provided is an engine starter having a simple structure and excellent in stability and reliability, which starts an engine while preventing an occurrence of instantaneous interruption in an electrical device mounted in a vehicle. An engine starter for driving a starter motor by closing a starter switch | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110101704 | Starter - A starter comprises: an electric motor with an enclosure; a gear train mounted to one end of the motor; and a switch module for controlling operation of the motor. The switch module has an enclosure. The enclosure of the switch module and the enclosure of the motor are integrally formed as a single housing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110115238 | STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110198862 | ENGINE STARTER WITH IMPROVED FIXING STRUCTURE OF AUXILIARY ELECTROMAGNETIC SWITCH - Disclosed is a starter for starting an engine. The starter includes a starter main body, a main electromagnetic switch, and an auxiliary electromagnetic switch. The starter main body includes a motor that generates torque upon being supplied with electric power. The main electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively opening and closing an electric circuit for supplying electric power from a battery to the motor. The auxiliary electromagnetic switch is provided for selectively switching the electric circuit between a high-resistance path and a low-resistance path. The starter is characterized in that the auxiliary electromagnetic switch is fixed to a fixture, and the fixture is fixed to only one of the starter main body and the main electromagnetic switch. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110198863 | Starter Relay Control - A starter control system is disclosed. In one example, the starter control system allows both automatic and manual control over an engine starting sequence. The starter control system can enhance starter control system flexibility. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110221210 | ENGINE STARTING SYSTEM WITH HIGH-AND LOW-SPEED MODES OF MOTOR OPERATION - An engine starting apparatus includes a first and a second power supply path extending from a battery to an electric motor to start an engine. An electromagnetic switch has main contacts disposed in the first power supply path. A resistor is disposed in the second power supply path. A motor relay has relay contacts disposed in series with the resistor. A controller delays the time when the main contacts are closed to apply a full voltage of the battery to the motor until a given time lag has elapsed after the relay contacts are closed to supply electric current to the electric motor through the resistor. Specifically, when it is required to apply the full voltage to the motor to run the motor at a rated speed, the current does not pass through the relay contacts, thus resulting in no voltage drop, which ensures the stability in starting the engine. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110304157 | Time Delay Contactor For Aircraft APU Starter - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304158 | TIME DELAY CONTACTOR FOR AIRCRAFT APU STARTER - A starter for an auxiliary power unit includes a direct current motor operably connectable to an auxiliary power unit. A clutch is arranged in an electrically parallel relationship and configured to operably connect the motor to the auxiliary power unit when engaged, the motor and the clutch powered by a common input line. A time delay switching element is located and configured to delay power delivery to the direct current motor thus providing for full engagement of the clutch prior to initiation of rotation of the motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120032453 | STARTER CONTROLLER - A relay is provided in a power supply line from a battery to a motor of a starter in a vehicle. The relay is selectively switched between a contact side state where contacts short-circuit and a resistor side state where the contacts open and a resistor is inserted into the power supply line in series. When an engine is started, an ECU controlling the starter energizes the motor by driving the relay to the resistor side only for a first predetermined time in order to suppress inrush current and voltage fall due to the inrush current. The ECU detects a contact side state fixation abnormality of the relay based on a battery voltage at the time when the motor is energized by driving the relay to the resistor side. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120068475 | STARTER MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT START SOLENOID - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a pull-in coil and a hold-in coil positioned axially adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is positioned within the pull-in coil and configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil is energized. The plunger is separated from a plunger stop in the axial direction by an air gap when the pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are not energized. When the pull-in coil and hold-in coil are energized, a shoulder of the plunger moves in an axial direction toward the plunger stop. The pull-in coil is positioned in the solenoid such that it is removed from the plunger stop in the axial direction. In contrast, the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068476 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH SPOOL FOR RETAINING COILS - A solenoid for a vehicle starter comprises a spool including a first coil bay, a second coil bay, and an interior passage defining an axial direction. A first coil is positioned in the first coil bay of the spool, and a second coil positioned in the second coil bay of the spool. A plunger is positioned within the interior passage of the spool and configured to move in the axial direction when the first coil is energized. The first coil bay is positioned adjacent to the second coil bay in the axial direction. The spool further includes two end flanges and a middle flange. The middle flange separates the first coil bay from the second coil bay. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068477 | STARTER SOLENOID WITH RECTANGULAR COIL WINDING - A solenoid for a vehicle starter includes a pull-in coil made of a length of rectangular wire and a hold-in coil adjacent to the pull-in coil. A plunger is configured to move in an axial direction when the pull-in coil made of rectangular wire is energized. The pull-in coil and the hold-in coil are positioned on a spool with the plunger slideably positioned within a central passage of the spool. The plunger is configured to engage a plunger stop when the pull-in coil is energized. In at least one embodiment, the hold-in coil is separated from the plunger stop in the axial direction and the hold-in coil encircles the plunger stop. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120119517 | DEVICE FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE USING AN IMPROVED CONTROL UNIT - A device for starting an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle is described, which has a starter motor, an engaging relay, a starting current relay, a main current relay, a control unit and a switching module situated between the relays named and the control unit. The control unit is an engine control unit of the motor vehicle. The switching module has inputs which are connected to one output, respectively, of the engine control unit, and has outputs at which control signals for the relays named are provided. The outputs of the engine control unit are small signal outputs. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120126547 | DC MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH SOFT STARTING CAPABILITY - A DC motor assembly ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120139263 | Method and device for operating a starter of a vehicle - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a position of a starter pinion is detected, and an advance of the starter pinion is regulated as a function of the detected position. For example, the advance during the meshing of the starter pinion with a starter ring gear of a drive motor of the vehicle is regulated | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120153637 | ENGINE SYSTEM - To provide an engine system with which in a case where a power supply voltage whose specification is to be changed is higher than an expected voltage, the specification of the power supply voltage from an alternating-current power supply can be changed at low cost without providing an additional transformer.
| 06-21-2012 |
| 20120153638 | ENGINE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND ENGINE CONTROL METHOD - Engine control device includes a delay unit which delays or cuts off a flow of current from a first current system, which directs current to a coil, to a second current system, which directs current to a starter motor. When a starter switch, which turns the flow of current from the power source to the first current system on or off, is turned on and electricity flows to the first current system, the delay unit delays the current flowing from the first current system to the second current system. When electricity flows to the first current system as a result of a controller having turned a first switch on, the delay unit cuts off the flow of electricity from the first current system to the second current system. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120175890 | Control and method of a starter motor for a starter device - A control is described for a starter device of an internal combustion engine in a vehicle having a starter motor, a first current path and at least one additional second current path, which is connected in parallel to the first current path, for energizing the starter motor, the first current path having an switching device, in particular a starter relay. In order to improve an energization of the starter motor, the control is in operative contact with a testing device for checking a switching state of the switching device and provided with an adapter for adapting the energization of the switching device. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120200093 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR A STARTING DEVICE - A circuit configuration for an electric machine, e.g., a starter motor for starting an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, includes a current limiting device for limiting a starting current of the electric machine. The circuit configuration includes a bridging device for bridging the current limiting device. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120306217 | STARTER WITH NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE - A starter includes a motor, an electromagnetic switch, and a noise reduction device. The motor is connected to a power supply line via a motor lead line, and produces torque by power supplied from a battery. The electromagnetic switch includes an electric contact connected to the power supply line via a battery-side terminal and a motor-side terminal, and opens and closes the electric contact in conjunction with on-off operation of a solenoid. The noise reduction device includes at least one capacitor inserted between ground and the power supply line, and reduces noise produced from the motor. In the starter, a conductor is inserted between the motor-side terminal and the motor lead line as an inductance component capable of increasing an impedance of a starter equivalent circuit of the starter. The at least one capacitor is inserted between ground and one end of the conductor connected to the motor-side terminal. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120313381 | STARTER CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A starter circuit includes a battery, a starter electrically coupled with the battery, a relay disposed between the battery and the starter, and a starter switch mounted remotely from the starter. The starter includes a switch assembly and a starter motor. The switch assembly includes an actuator and a start signal switch. The relay is configured to operate to provide current to the switch assembly to close the start signal switch in response to a received signal. The starter switch closes in response to the start signal switch being closed, whereby the battery delivers current to the starter motor when the starter switch is closed. A starter unit is also disclosed. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130175810 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR STARTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STARTER - An ECU executes a program including the steps of selecting a rotation mode in a case where a request to start an engine has been made and an engine rotation speed is equal to or lower than α | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221683 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a first and a second coil winding. The starter machine can also include a motor that is coupled to a pinion. The starter machine can comprise an electromagnetic switch that is coupled to the first coil winding and is configured to regulate a priming current passing through the first coil winding. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to the first winding and the control unit can be capable of closing the electromagnetic switch to circulate the priming current from a power source to the motor through the first coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING A STARTER OF A VEHICLE - In a method for operating a starter of a vehicle, a physical variable is measured, and a starter current of the starter is limited or not limited as a function of the measured physical variable, the limiting action being terminated after a predetermined period of time in the event that the starter current is limited. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130234446 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ROTARY ELECTRICAL MACHINE - A control device for controlling a rotary electrical machine functioning as a motor and as a power generator, the device being provided with a power conversion circuit serving to function as an inverter for supplying a drive current from a battery to the rotary electrical machine and as a rectifier for rectifying the power generation output of the rotary electrical machine and supplying the output to the battery; and being provided with a controller for controlling the conversion circuit so that three-phase armature coils of the rotary electrical machine are short-circuited when the battery is disconnected from the conversion circuit and the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit becomes excessive, after which, when the DC output voltage of the conversion circuit decreases to a set low voltage, the short circuit of one phase of the armature coil is released and only two phases are short-circuited. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130257062 | POWER CIRCUIT - A power circuit includes a boost circuit having a boost switching element, a coil provided between a battery and the boost switching element and a rectifier element provided between the coil and a load, a first switch connected to the boost circuit in parallel, a current detection circuit detecting current flowing through the first switch and a control circuit turning on the first switch during a normal state other than a restart of an engine after an idling stop and turning off the first switch and controlling an operation of the boost switching element at a restart of the engine after an idling stop so that voltage of the battery is boosted and supplied to the load. The control circuit determines based on the current detected by the current detection circuit during the normal state whether or not the first switch has an open fault. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130300129 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric machine including a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, a first field having a plurality of windings that defines at least one wound pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, a second field having at least one permanent magnet (PM) that defines at least one PM pole fixedly mounted relative to the frame, and a relay electrically coupled to the plurality of windings of the first field. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300130 | VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MOTOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A variable flux electric starter motor includes a frame, an armature rotatably mounted within the frame, and a primary field mounted to the frame. The primary field includes a plurality of primary windings electrically connected one to another. A relay is electrically coupled to at least one of the plurality of poles. A supplemental field is mounted to the frame. The supplemental field includes a supplemental winding electrically connected in parallel to the plurality of primary windings. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300131 | METHOD OF OPERATING VARIABLE FLUX ELECTRIC STARTER MACHINE HAVING DUAL FIELDS - A method of operating a variable flux electric machine includes passing an electrical current through a plurality of wound poles of a wound field to generate a first flux, rotating an armature at a first crank point having a first speed in response to the first flux, shorting at least one of the plurality of wound poles, generating a second flux through a permanent magnet (PM) field having a plurality of PM poles, and rotating the armature at a second crank point having a second speed in response to the second flux, the second speed being greater than the first speed. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140028032 | HYBRID VEHICLE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED POWER STORAGE DEVICE - When electric power exceeding output allowable power at an engine startup time is output from a power storage device, deviated from a predetermined period of time during which the output allowable power of the power storage device is switched, an ECU suppresses increase of the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine. Specifically, the ECU modifies the output allowable power for the next startup time of the engine from a first value to a second value lower than the first value, based on a period of time before deviation is eliminated. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035292 | System and Method for Limiting a Starting Current - For the electrical protection of a current control device | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140138960 | Method for jump starting a vehicle - A method for jump starting a vehicle comprising causing a control unit to set a reference voltage by choosing a point from a chart plotting voltage across a starting battery versus time during a vehicle start; determining whether the voltage across a starting battery of the vehicle is less than the reference voltage; closing a switch if the determination is positive, thereby causing an external power source to supply high current to the starting battery; adding the high current and current from the starting battery to obtain a total current; and supplying the total current to a starter motor of the vehicle so as to start the vehicle. An apparatus for thus jump starting a vehicle is also disclosed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140175806 | EMERGENCY STARTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUEL CELL HYBRID VEHICLE - An emergency starting system and an emergency starting method of a fuel cell hybrid vehicle perform an emergency start when a DC power converter for starting fails. The emergency starting system includes: a fuel cell and a super capacitor connected through a main bus terminal in parallel; a driving inverter connected to the main bus terminal; a driving motor connected to the driving inverter; a balance-of-plant configured to activate the fuel cell; a starting DC power converter configured to drive the balance-of-plant; and a starting controller configured to control the super capacitor at the time of a start. The starting controller includes a super capacitor relay, an initial charging relay, and an initial charging resistor, the initial charging relay includes a plurality of relays, and the initial charging resistor includes a plurality of resistors. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140191513 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STARTING AN ENGINE - A method of starting an engine is disclosed in which two or more starter motors are used to start the engine in an alternating sequence so as to equalize wear and reduce the wear of each starter motor by a factor equal to the number of starter motors provided. The starter motors are preferably positioned so as to minimize overlap between wear patterns produced by the starter motors on a cooperating ring gear | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140210216 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A HYBRID VEHICLE - A control device for a hybrid vehicle has an engine, a starter motor that starts the engine, a driving motor that transmits a motor torque to the engine and a drive wheel, a starting motor selective control unit that starts the engine using the starter motor in response to a driving force request by a driver of the hybrid vehicle during a selected mode of operation in which the driving motor serves as the driving source, and that starts the engine using the driving motor in response to a system request. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140265352 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A vehicle electrical system for a vehicle is described which includes an electrical energy source supplying a first vehicle electrical system branch and a second vehicle electrical system branch. The first vehicle electrical system branch include a first electrical consumer with an inrush current requirement and a first inductance connected in series with the first consumer. The second vehicle electrical system branch includes a second electrical system voltage-sensitive consumer with a minimum system voltage requirement and a second inductance connected to the second consumer in series or in parallel. The first vehicle electrical system branch and the second vehicle electrical system branch are connected electrically in parallel to one another, and the first inductance and the second inductance are magnetically coupled to one another. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140375066 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device having auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the starting motor so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140375067 | Combustion and emergency start controlling device with separated-type auxiliary power source and system thereof - The present invention provides an emergency starting switching device and/or a direct current boosted boost circuit device, so when the electric energy of the starting battery is insufficient, with the operation of the emergency starting switching device, the electric energy of the power storage devices is utilized for driving the staring so as to start the engine, and when the engine is started, with the boosted voltage of the direct current boosted boost circuit device, the ignition device and/or the fuel injection device is boosted so as to enhance the starting capability. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150028600 | METHOD FOR LIMITING AN INRUSH CURRENT IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER CIRCUIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE STARTER, AND CORRESPONDING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, CURRENT LIMITER AND STARTER - A method for limiting an inrush current, which is implemented in an electrical power circuit ( | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150300305 | MOTOR STARTER - A motor starter includes a control unit and a first current path, via which energy can be supplied to a downstream electrical motor. The first current path includes a semiconductor switch and an electromechanical switch element, the semiconductor switch and the switch element being connected in series. In order to provide a cost-effective, safe motor starter, according to an embodiment of the invention the control unit is designed such that, in order to produce an energy supply via the first current path in a first step, it ensures that the voltage currently connected via the switch element, in respect of a previous opening of the switch element, lies below the allowable maximum blocking voltage of the semiconductor switch. Subsequently in a second step, the switch element first closes and then switches the semiconductor switch to be conductive. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308395 | TUNABLE STARTER RESISTOR - A passive two-terminal circuit element may include a resistor including a carbon-metal composite resistive element. The resistive element is configured to maintain a resistivity that fluctuates less than one tenth of an ohm per ten degree temperature change up to 400 degrees Celsius. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150369200 | STARTER MOTOR - A starter motor of a vehicle is provided and includes a housing having a central longitudinal axis and at least first and second coils disposed within the housing. One of the at least first and second coils is configured to control driveshaft and ring gear engagement and the other one of the at least first and second coils is offset from the central longitudinal axis and configured to control an application of current to a motor disposed to drive rotation of a driveshaft of the vehicle. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160115933 | STARTING BATTERY FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A starting battery for use with an electric starting system includes a starter motor and a battery receiver. The starting battery includes a lithium-ion battery cell, two voltage output terminals, and an enable terminal. The voltage output terminals of the starting battery are configured to connect to two voltage output terminals of the battery receiver to complete a circuit between the lithium-ion battery cell and the starter motor when the starting battery is attached to the battery receiver. The enable terminal of the starting battery is configured to connect to an enable terminal of the battery receiver to receive an enable signal to the starting battery to allow the starting battery to provide power to the starter motor to start an internal combustion engine. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160138549 | Engine Start-Up Device, and Engine-Start-Up Control Method - The purpose of the present invention is to swiftly start up an engine in a range in which electrical equipment having electric power supplied thereto by a battery is not reset, even in cases when the battery is insufficiently charged and the battery is deteriorated. An engine start-up device according to the present invention starts up an engine by transmitting, to the engine, the rotary force of a direct-current motor driven by a battery. The engine start-up device is provided with: a battery-voltage acquisition unit for acquiring the battery voltage of the battery; a target-current-value calculation unit which calculates, on the basis of the battery voltage acquired by the battery-voltage acquisition unit, a target current value for a motor current to be supplied from the battery to the direct-current motor; and a motor-current control unit for controlling a switching element which is connected to the direct-current motor, and through which the motor current flows, such that the motor-current value of the motor current approaches the target current value. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160138550 | METHOD TO DECOUPLE BATTERY FROM HIGH LEVEL CRANKING CURRENTS OF DIESEL ENGINES - A method of decoupling a battery during high current cranking of an engine comprises charging a supercapacitor bank to a preselected DC supercapacitor voltage from a battery when said battery is above a preselected battery voltage, switching the supercapacitor bank to a load and switching the battery off the load, starting the engine and supplying initial voltage and current until terminal voltage of the supercapacitor is equal to terminal voltage of the battery, switching the battery into parallel with the supercapacitor, disconnecting the supercapacitor from the load, and recharging the supercapacitor to the preselected DC capacitor voltage. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20190145370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A STARTER FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | 05-16-2019 |
| 20110304156 | METHOD FOR STARTING THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A HYBRID VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle has an internal combustion engine, at least one electric drive motor and a starter. The internal combustion engine optionally can be started by the starter or the electric drive motor. However, the internal combustion engine is started by the starter when the vehicle is already being driven by the electric drive motor. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120119516 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING IN-RUSH CURRENT TO A STARTER MOTOR OF A VEHICLE - A system and method for limiting engine starting current of a starter motor of an engine is described. In one example, starter motor current is controlled according to vehicle speed. The method may allow vehicle system voltage to remain at a higher level during automatically initiated engine starts. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20130099507 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE AND ENGINE STARTING METHOD - An ECU executes a program including the steps of carrying out fluctuation suppression control in a case where a request to start an engine has been made, a rotation mode has been selected, and a motor is being driven and canceling fluctuation suppression control in a case where a full drive mode has been selected and engagement between a pinion gear and a ring gear has been completed. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130147207 | STARTER MOTOR WITH DRIVE ASSEMBLY FITTED WITH A COUPLING SYSTEM FOR COUPLING A PINION MOUNTED FREELY ON ITS ROTOR SHAFT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A starter comprises an electric motor which drives a rotor shaft, a drive shaft that can be rotationally coupled to the rotor shaft, and a pinion mounted on the drive shaft and movable in a translational movement between a rest position and an active position by a movement system. The starter comprises a coupling system that couples a rotary movement in one direction of rotation of the rotor shaft to the pinion. The coupling system moves from an uncoupled state into a coupled state and vice versa. In the coupled state, the rotor shaft is firmly attached to the pinion in the starting direction of rotation. In the uncoupled state, the pinion is disconnected from the rotor shaft in both directions of rotation. The starter further comprises a movement system for moving the pinion from the coupling system into the uncoupled state as it moves the pinion into active position. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20150084345 | MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - A motor vehicle electrical system, wherein a control unit senses or detects a start-stop command for the internal combustion engine, wherein when a start-stop command is sensed or detected a switching element is switched into the first switching state and the voltage at the DC/DC output, which is connected to the switching element, is increased by a control unit by means of a control command, wherein a measuring unit senses and evaluates the voltage condition over the switching element, wherein depending upon the evaluation the start-stop command is or is not carried out by a control unit using a control command Also disclosed is a method for operating a motor vehicle electrical system. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150292464 | VEHICLE, CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A vehicle comprises: a storage battery configured to store electric power; an internal combustion engine configured to be started with electric power supplied from the storage battery; an electric auxiliary configured to operate with the electric power supplied from the storage battery; and a stop start controller configured to perform a stop control of stopping the internal combustion engine according to a driving condition of the vehicle and a restart control of restarting the internal combustion engine that has been stopped by the stop control. The stop start controller includes: an auxiliary voltage acquirer configured to obtain a measured auxiliary voltage value that denotes a voltage of the electric auxiliary measured on occasion of start of the internal combustion engine; and a feasibility determiner configured to determine whether the stop control is feasible, based on the measured auxiliary voltage value. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20140001768 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ENGINE, ENGINE STARTING DEVICE, AND VEHICLE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20150097375 | AUXILIARY MESH TYPE STARTER - An auxiliary mesh type starter, comprising a motor, an electromagnetic switch connected with the motor and relays connected with the electromagnetic switch, wherein the electromagnetic switch comprises a holding coil, an attracting coil, a stop seat arranged at the rear end parts of the holding coil and the attracting coil, a plunger arranged on the inner circumferences of the holding coil and the attracting coil and capable of sliding in an axial direction, a return spring for applying return force to the plunger, and a contact point arranged at the rear end of the plunger; and the relays are connected to a key switch, wherein the relays comprise a first relay and a second relay, with the head end of the attracting coil connects to the key switch via the first relay, and the head end of the holding coil connects to the key switch via the second relay. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20130328323 | METHOD AND MECHANISM FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method and mechanism for starting an internal combustion engine, having a summed torque extending in a wave form over a rotational angle of the crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, by means of an electric machine which is rotationally coupled to the crankshaft and torsional elasticity which is effective between the crankshaft and the electric machine. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20140028031 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - During an inertial energy storage operation, electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled such that a direct current electric power from an electric power storage device is converted into an alternating current by the inverter so as to be supplied to stator windings, such that torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an output side rotor from a stator to rotatively drive the output side rotor in a state where power transmission from the output side rotor to a drive axle is stopped. During a cranking operation after the inertial energy storage operation, the electric power conversion at an inverter is controlled to permit application of the alternating current to rotor windings, such that a torque in the direction of engine rotation is applied to an input side rotor from the output side rotor, thereby rotatively driving an input side rotor to crank the engine. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20110187127 | SWITCHING APPARATUS FOR STARTER - There is disclosed a switching apparatus for a starter comprising a resistor for suppressing a startup current of a motor when an engine is started, an electromagnetic relay for bypassing the resistor to energize the motor after the motor is started, a function for pushing a pinion of the starter toward a ring gear, an electromagnetic switch for opening and closing a main contact of the motor circuit. The resistor, the electromagnetic relay, and the electromagnetic switch are integrally accommodated inside a housing formed of a metallic bottomed frame and a contact cover, and are connected to the motor circuit via two external connection terminals fixed to the contact cover. The apparatus can facilitate connectivity to the vehicle side by reducing the number of cables and can enhance an installation property. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120086219 | CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD OF A STARTER CONTROL - A circuit configuration is described, for starting an internal combustion engine, using at least one starter, which includes a starter motor, an engaging relay, a switching relay and a control relay, the control relay being able to be controlled by an ignition switch, the engaging relay being able to be controlled by the control relay and a current path of the starter motor being able to be switched using the switching relay. In order for the starter, for starting an internal combustion engine, to operate more accurately, and thus to achieve a longer service life, the switching relay is able to be controlled as a function of the occurrence of a specified event, at least in the switching-off process. This has the advantage that the switching relay is able to interrupt a current path from the starter motor earlier in time, especially a main current path, so that energizing in the reverse direction is avoided. Consequently, the switching relay is able to release the current path of the starter motor specified in such a way that in the switching-off process, during the disengaging of a starter pinion, pinion bounce is clearly reduced, or even eliminated. In the switching-off process of the starter, a motion of the starter pinion back in the direction towards the ring gear, after the disengagement, is avoided. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120104769 | STARTER HAVING A SWITCHABLE NUMBER OF POLE PAIRS - The invention relates to a starter ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120292919 | ENGINE START CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE - By avoiding an excessive cranking torque when starting the engine by a motor/generator and expanding a motor running region, fuel economy is improved. For a large required acceleration, cranking torque Tcr is maintained to hold an initial value, while, when the required acceleration is small, cranking torque Tcr will be adjusted to decrease. The time between an engine start command and the instant at which engine rotation speed Ne reaches a predetermined rotation speed Ne is measured as an engine start time TMst. When the TMst is below a limit value TMst_Lim that is capable of starting the engine and acceptable, as shown at instants t | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130026767 | STARTER HAVING ENGAGEMENT DETECTION FUNCTION - The invention relates to a starter ( | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130062891 | ENGINE CRANKING MOTOR SOFT-START SYSTEM AND METHOD - An engine cranking motor soft-start system and method includes at least one cranking motor and a switching power converter which is coupled to the cranking motors such that the voltage across the motors varies with the converter's duty cycle. The duty cycle, and thereby the voltage across the motors, is gradually increased over a predetermined period. This serves to limit the acceleration of the cranking motors, and thereby their peak current and torque, which may serve to increase their service life. The cranking motors are typically operatively coupled to drive respective pinion gears which are brought into engagement with a ring gear when starting the engine. The system is preferably arranged such that the gradually increasing duty cycle results in the torque of the cranking motors being sufficient to break an abutment that may be present between the pinion gears and the ring gear. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130168974 | Starter Motor Assembly With Soft Start Solenoid - A solenoid in an engine starter assembly includes an electromagnetic coil operable on a plunger coupled to a shift lever to move a pinion gear into contact with the engine ring gear. The solenoid is provided with a return spring to restore the plunger to an initial position in which the pinion and ring gears are disengaged, in the absence of a coil force. A contact plate is supported on the plunger to engage open electrical contacts when the plunger is in a first position to complete an electrical circuit to drive the starter motor rotating the pinion gear at a faster speed. An over-travel spring resists movement of the plunger once the contact plate engages the electrical contacts. An auxiliary spring is disposed on the plunger to resist movement of the plunger only when the plunger travels to a position offset between the initial position and the first position. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130175809 | VEHICLE - A hybrid vehicle includes a first motor-generator, which allows cranking an engine, and an inverter, which drives the first motor-generator. During running of the vehicle, when an operation to stop the hybrid system is performed, and then when an operation to start a hybrid system is performed before the vehicle stops, an HVECU operates the inverter. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130221681 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine control system including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members and a motor that is coupled to a pinion. In some embodiments, the motor can be electrically coupled to at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. In some embodiments, the electronic control unit can be capable of being configured and arranged to circulate a priming current from a power source to the motor through at least one of the first coil winding and the second coil winding. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130221682 | STARTER MACHINE SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide a starter machine including an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit can be in communication with one or more sensors. The control system can include a starter machine that is in communication with the electronic control unit. The starter machine can comprise a solenoid assembly that includes a plurality of biasing members, a motor that is coupled to a pinion, and power module and controller that is coupled to the motor. In some embodiments, at least one of the power module and the controller are configured to control a speed of the pinion to substantially synchronize the pinion speed and the speed of an engine component. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130334827 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACTIVATING A STARTER ,WHICH IS CONTROLLABLE BY A DRIVER UNIT ,FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - A method and device for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle. A method for activating a starter, which is controllable by a driver unit, for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the driver unit being controllable by a control unit with the aid of at least one activation line, a switch, which is controllable by the control unit, being situated between the driver unit and a supply unit coupled to a supply voltage, the starter being activated with the aid of the control unit and the switch in the case of failure of the at least one activation line and/or at least one part of the driver unit. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140353979 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONVERTER FOR A STARTER MOTOR - A method is described for operating a converter for a starter motor, in particular a belt-driven starter motor, of a vehicle, including the steps of detecting a temperature of the converter, and controlling a current supplied to the converter as a function of the detected temperature using a setpoint temperature as a reference variable. In addition, the invention describes a converter for a starter motor of a vehicle which is capable of carrying out the method according to the invention. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150028599 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay for starting a motor of a starter includes a resistor to reduce an activation current that flows through the motor from a battery for activation of the motor, a relay contact that causes the starting current to flow while bypassing the resistor, a relay coil that forms an electromagnet when excited by energization, and a control circuit that controls an excited state of the relay coil for activation of the motor to open or close the relay contact, thus controlling energization of the motor from the battery via the resistor. The electromagnetic relay incorporates therein the control circuit. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150303739 | ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND VEHICLE - An in-vehicle solar system that supplies electric energy from a solar battery module to an electric device such as a secondary battery, a load, and the like includes a capacitor that accumulates electric energy from the solar battery module and supplies the accumulated electric energy to the electric device. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150308397 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, capable of switching output characteristics of a starter without an electronic control unit (ECU) controlling field current flowing through field coils. The apparatus includes a starter including a wound-field-type brushed direct current (DC) motor, a bypass path electrically connected in parallel with at least part of field coils of the motor, and a switch provided along the bypass path and configured to render the bypass path conducting or non-conducting. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150316017 | ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS - An apparatus for starting an engine, including a motor, an output shaft driven by the motor, a pinion provided along the output shaft, and an electro-magnetic solenoid device. The electro-magnetic solenoid device is configured to push the pinion axially toward a ring gear of the engine to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and transfer a rotational force, which is referred to as a motor torque, generated by energization of the motor from the pinion to the ring gear, thereby starting the engine. The apparatus is configured such that, at starting of the engine in its warmed-up state, the motor torque can continue to be applied from the pinion to the ring gear until at least the second compression stroke even when an engine speed varies. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20160047348 | REMOTE START CONTROL FOR VEHICLES - Methods and systems are provided for controlling a remote start feature of an engine of a vehicle. A receiver is configured to receive a signal to initiate a remote start of the engine. A processor is coupled to the receiver, and is configured to initiate the remote start after receiving the signal; set a timer that measures an amount of time after which the remote start has been initiated, for a duration of the remote start; extend the remote start upon detection of an action by an individual proximate the vehicle before the amount of time exceeds a first predetermined threshold; and terminate the remote start after the amount of time exceeds the first predetermined threshold if no action has been detected during the duration of the remote start. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160123292 | COLD TEMPERATURE ENGINE START STRATEGIES - A method of starting a vehicle may include, in response to an expected driver entry, stroking a clutch configured to couple an engine to an electric machine for a predetermined time period. The method may further include, in response to an engine start request received during the predetermined time period, providing power to the electric machine to spin the electric machine at a speed at least equal to a target engine cranking speed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160153419 | Hybrid Vehicle | 06-02-2016 |
| 20080258472 | Method of Controlling Power Supply to an Electric Starter - The invention relates to a method of controlling the power supply to an electric starter that drives heat engine of a vehicle, in which the starter power supply is stopped after each supply phase for a first pre-determined period T | 10-23-2008 |
