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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370470 | Method for increasing the exhaust gas temperature of internal combustion engines A method for increasing the exhaust gas temperature of internal combustion engines, particularly for driving a motor vehicle under load in order to reach the necessary regeneration temperature of at least one component of an exhaust gas post-treatment system, has th... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367201 | Air conditioning fan An air conditioning fan apparatus including a ceiling fan unit, an air conditioning unit and a motor unit, all suspended as an integral device to a ceiling inside a user's home or office. The ceiling fan unit includes a multiplicity of fan blades each having evapora... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7288922 | Control apparatus for automotive alternator having capability to accurately detect temperature of alternator A control apparatus for a vehicle generator includes a switch, a regulator, a fault condition detector, and a PWM signal generator. The switch is selectively turned on and off so as to intermittently excite the generator. The regulator controls on/off operation of t... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7204221 | Control apparatus of engine operated machine It is an object of the invention to provide the operability of an engine power generator having a remote controller. A starting switch 90 of a remote controller 9 and a starting switch on a power generator body's side can be operated in parallel. A sto... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202572 | Generator/motor system and method of operating said system A generator/motor system and a method for operating this generator/motor system with which the filter currents are reduced. The generator/motor system has, for this purpose, a rotational field machine (DM) and a pulse-controlled inverter and filter capacitors (C1... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199559 | Electric power generating system for vehicle An electric power generating system for a vehicle includes a generator having a field coil, a voltage regulator, a temperature sensor for sensing temperature of the voltage regulator, a field current restricting circuit that directly restricts field current if tempe... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7132934 | Ignition safety device and method therefor An ignition safety system and method. A control circuit is coupled to a warning circuit indicating a safety condition. The control circuit is further coupled to a fuse circuit to control an operation of a motor ignition circuit in response to the safety condition. | 11/07/2006 |
| 7116081 | Thermal protection scheme for high output vehicle alternator A system and a method for thermally protecting a high output vehicle alternator are provided. The high output vehicle alternator includes a duty cycle control system. The duty cycle control system includes an alternator temperature signal generator and an alternator... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7109680 | Inverter device An object is to provide an inverter device capable of realizing exact protection of the winding of a motor. An inverter device for generating a pseudo alternating current by switching a direct current to drive a motor, comprises a controller that executes vector con... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7009311 | Method for minimizing generator load on internal combustion engine A method is disclosed for starting a generator (10) from an internal combustion engine (14) to allow the generator (10) to charge a battery (32). The generator (10) includes a field bridge (36), having first (72) and ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6927953 | Auxiliary rotation-system starter An auxiliary rotation-system starter includes a starter motor, a main circuit portion having a main contact portion, an auxiliary circuit portion having a driving coil portion for opening or closing the main contact portion, and a fuse for cutting the current flow t... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6860248 | Programmable vehicle starting device A programmable vehicle starting device for starting a vehicle when the user is not in the vehicle. The programmable vehicle starting device includes a housing being designed for being mounted in the vehicle. A processing assembly is positioned within the housing. Th... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6840203 | Engine starting device Engine starting performance is enhanced by a brushless motor having no rotor position detecting sensor. In the first place an engine is rotated forward and then is reversely rotated to overcome a high load region of the engine. Then, the engine is accelerated and ro... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6809428 | Overheat protection of an electrical component of an I.C. engine A system and method for protecting a component of an I.C. engine system by controlling a starter/alternator in response to the component's temperature. The system describes a method of comparing the temperature of the component to a predetermined threshold temperatu... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6800952 | Method of protection and fault detection for starter/alternator operating in the starter mode A system of preserving a starter/alternator in an I.C. engine system installation from excessive operation in the starter mode is disclosed. The system describes a method of comparing the respective rotational speeds of the starter/alternator and I.C. engine in star... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6323562 | Circuit for a latching relay A circuit arrangement for an engagement relay of a starter mechanism of an internal combustion engine, for bringing two gearwheels in engagement, the circuit arrangement having a switching element which reduces a relay current after a first time period be... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6211577 | Jump start circuit for a vehicle battery A jump start circuit (26) for electrical connection between a battery (12) of a motor vehicle and jump start terminals (22,24) in the motor vehicle, the jump start circuit comprising a switch (28) for positioning in an electrical line (18) between one (22... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6153942 | Starter/generator speed sensing using field weakening A starter cutoff control apparatus and method for a starter/generator used on an engine includes a circuit for detecting starter/generator armature current during an engine start operation, comparing the armature current to an armature current setpoint to... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6147418 | Remote vehicle starting apparatus with timer An improved remote vehicle starting apparatus with timer which allows for the remote starting of a motor vehicle to allow for the preheating or pre-cooking of the passenger compartment of said motor vehicle under extreme temperature conditions is disclose... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6089112 | Method and apparatus for starting an engine A starter assembly for starting an engine is provided incorporating a mechanical diode in the drive train between the starter motor and the engine, including two coaxial plates with facing surfaces that are linked by pivoting members. The pivoting members... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6011317 | Devices for controlling an automobile vehicle starter motor contactor A device for controlling an automobile vehicle starter motor contactor including a power contact controlling the supply of power to the electric motor of the starter motor and at least one coil controlling the movement of said contact, said device includi... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5982045 | Hybrid vehicle drive system adapted to prevent concurrent mode change and transmission shifting or torque distribution ratio change A hybrid drive system including an engine and an electric motor at least one of which is operated as drive power source to drive a motor vehicle in a selected one of different operation modes. The system is adapted to prevent concurrent operations to chan... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5794580 | Remote start/stop system for magneto ignition engines A remote control system for starting and stopping an engine with a magneto ignition. A radio frequency transmitter transmits alternating start and stop signals to a receiver/controller. When a start signal is received, the receiver/controller autonomously... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5352929 | Apparatus and method for regulating a generator of an internal combustion engine The apparatus for controlling an output voltage of a generator of an internal combustion engine having a starter device, includes a charge control signaling device, an excitation coil for the generator and a voltage regulator controlling an excitation cur... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5177369 | Engine operating condition detector and control for associated electrical supply system Engine-driven equipment includes a stopped-engine detector and a mechanism for safely shutting down the engine, including battery operated auxiliary devices, after detection that the engine has stopped. The engine may be shut down simply by closing a gas ... | 01/05/1993 |
| 4812671 | Transmission brake disengagement circuit for a racing automobile A circuit for disengaging an electrically actuated transmission brake of a racing car has a bank of transistors in series with the brake to hold the brake on at the beginning of a race. The bases of the transistors are connected through normally open cont... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4687945 | Low power generator A stationary spark ignition internal combustion engine which normally operates unattended continuously for long periods of time is modified to eliminate problems in electrical systems. The battery and voltage regulator of the engine is removed and the ele... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4500794 | Apparatus for automatically starting and stopping engine This invention relates to an apparatus for automatically starting and stopping an engine comprising a clutch switch for detecting that the depression of a clutch pedal of a vehicle is completely performed, a neutral switch for detecting the neutral positi... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4482812 | Engine automatic control system for vehicles An engine automatic control system for vehicles is adapted to automatically stop the engine when the vehicle motion is arrested, to automatically start the engine in response to operation of a starting mechanism for effecting start of the vehicle, and to ... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4479064 | Safe start system for automotive vehicles Manually actuated switches mounted externally at spaced monitoring locations on a vehicle are actuated in sequence by a vehicle driver during inspection at each of such locations. Actuation of such switches triggers operation of timers having overlapping ... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4446460 | Remote starting of an internal combustion engine An electrical apparatus and method for remotely starting an internal combustion engine, the apparatus being simplified and having transmitting circuitry issuing a predetermined set of coded signals, selectively enabling receiving circuitry and receiver co... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4359643 | Auxiliary apparatus for starting a diesel engine In an auxiliary apparatus for starting a diesel engine having a quick preheating circuit operable by the switching of a key-switch from its OFF to ON position and an afterglow circuit operated by the return of the key-switch from the ST position to ON pos... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4345554 | Vehicle engine remote starter control and protective system A remotely controlled engine starter and protective system, particularly for engine driven vehicles, in which a remotely located radio transmitter is utilized to initiate energization of the starter motor; a first timer opens the starter circuit if the en... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4296334 | Programmable electronic starting device for autos and the like with means selectable to actuate accessories A programmable electronic 24 hours/7 days timer is operatively connected to various circuits which, in one mode, start or attempt to start the engine at any pre-determined intervals, let it run for a pre-determined time and then switch it off. A thermoswi... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4231073 | Automatic improved engine control system containing both solid state circuits and relays An automatic engine control system in which all solid state circuitry is isolated by open switches, open relay contacts and reversed biased diodes from either ground or the power supply during the standby state of the system. All solid state circuitry exc... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4131304 | Automatic starter for vehicle Automatic starters for an internal combustion engine and to a circuit for automatically starting the engine of an automotive vehicle at a predetermined time.... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4122355 | Vehicle engine automatic restart circuit A switching circuit for automatically restarting a vehicle engine upon stalling including a normally open vacuum relay connected to the intake manifold of the engine which closes in response to stalling of the engine to electrically connect the vehicle ba... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4080537 | Remote starting system for a combustion engine A system is disclosed for enabling a user to start an engine from a remote location, utilizing a receiver for receiving a command signal from a remote transmitter operated by the user, the receiver generating signals to control operation of the starting s... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4032792 | Automotive starter lockout system An electronic lockout system for the starter motor of an internal combustion engine includes means for operating the starter motor only when the engine flywheel is stationary. If the starter switch is released and quickly closed again, the system also inc... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4031403 | Road vehicle electrical systems A road vehicle electrical system has an alternator which provides power through a rectifier to a battery, and also supplies a third supply line used for feeding an ignition warning lamp. Control means for the starting system of the vehicle is associated w... | 06/21/1977 |
