System for starting an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles
AssigneeIndustrie Magneti Marelli S.r.l.
InventorGuido Clerici
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Abstract
The system includes a storage battery, and an electric starter motor operable to rotate the internal combustion engine. A capacitor of high-capacitance, arranged immediately adjacent the electric motor, is adapted to store enough electrical energy to supply the electric motor during the starting of the internal combustion engine. A connection control system in a first condition connects the capacitor to the battery to enable the capacitor to be recharged and, in a second condition, connects the capacitor to the electric motor to enable electrical energy to be transferred thereto.
Claims4
A system for starting an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles, including:
- a storage battery,
- an electric starter motor operable to rotate the internal combustion engine,
- capacitive means of high-capacitance arranged immediately adjacent the electric motor and adapted to store enough electrical energy to supply the electric motor during the starting of the internal combustion engine, and
- connection means adapted, in a first condition, to connect the capacitive means to the battery to enable the capacitive means to be recharged and, in a second condition, to connect the capacitive means to the electric motor to enable electrical energy to be transferred from the capacitive means to the electric motor;
- wherein housing means for said capacitive means and said starter motor are connected to define a unitary assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.