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US 6,786,212 B1Granted
Method for preventing a reverse rotation of an engine
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorJi Hyeon Choi
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method for preventing a reverse rotation of an engine. In connection with starting an engine, when an operation of a starter motor stops while a predetermined monitoring condition for a reverse rotation is satisfied, it is determined whether a reverse rotation of the engine is occurring, and then at least one of fuel injection and ignition of the engine is stopped for a certain period if it is determined that the engine undergoes reverse rotation.
Claims16
A method for preventing a reverse rotation of an engine, comprising:
- determining if a predetermined monitoring condition for monitoring a reverse rotation of the engine is satisfied;
- determining if an operation of a starter motor has stopped, when the monitoring condition is satisfied;
- determining if the reverse rotation of the engine is occurring, when the operation of the starter motor has stopped;
- and
- stopping an operation of the engine by stopping at least one of fuel injection and ignition of the engine when the reverse rotation of the engine is occurring.
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