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US 2015/0308397 A1Published application
Engine starting apparatus
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorTakashi HIRABAYASHI
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Abstract
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.
Claims18
An apparatus for starting an engine, comprising:
- 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;
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- a switch provided along the bypass path and configured to render the bypass path conducting or non-conducting.
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An apparatus for starting an engine, comprising:
- a starter including a wound-field-type brushed direct current (DC) motor;
- a plurality of bypass paths each electrically connected in parallel with at least part of field coils of the motor;
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- a plurality of switches provided along the respective bypass paths, one for each bypass path, and configured to render the bypass path conducting or non-conducting.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.