Methods and apparatus for starting an internal com

专利名称：Methods and apparatus for starting an

internal combustion engine

发明人：Thomas Pels,Klaus Revermann,Holger

Riekenbrauck,Klaus-Peter Zeyen

申请号：US09389992申请日：19990903公开号：US06202615B1公开日：20010320

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摘要：Methods and apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine are

disclosed. One of the disclosed apparatus includes an electric starter operatively coupled

to the internal combustion engine and an energy storage device for supplying the starterwith power. The apparatus is also provided with a sensor for detecting a temperature ofthe internal combustion engine and a consumer control device associated with aconsumer of electrical power. The apparatus is further provided with a power flowcontroller which controls the consumer control device such that a portion of the energystored in the energy storage device is delivered to the consumer of electrical powerbefore the electric starter is supplied with power. The portion of the energy has a sizewhich is dependent upon the sensed temperature. The size of the portion is smaller atlow temperatures than at high temperatures. In some embodiments, the power flowcontroller uses the sensed temperature to supplement the energy drawn from theshort-term accumulator with energy from the long-term accumulator to ensure thestarter is provided with sufficient energy to start the internal combustion engine.

申请人：ISAD ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, GMBH & CO., KG

代理机构：Marshall, O'Toole, Gerstein, Murray & Borun

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