Start control apparatus for engine generator
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsShoji Hashimoto, Ryuichi Kimata
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Abstract
In a start control apparatus for an engine generator having a booster adapted to boost an output of a battery, there is provided an engine starter adapted to supply the boosted battery output to an output winding as a motor current to start the engine, and it is configured to determine whether a position of the piston is before a top dead center (TDC) when the motor current is to be supplied to the winding, and the motor current is increased by an increment when the piston position of the engine is determined to be before the TDC.
Claims9
A start control apparatus for an engine generator adapted to generate power based on an output from a winding wound around an alternator driven by an engine and to have a battery, a booster to boost an output of the battery and an engine starter to supply the boosted battery output to the winding as a motor current to start the engine, comprising:
- a piston position determiner adapted to determine whether a position of a piston of the engine is before a top dead center when the boosted output is supplied to the winding;
- and
- a motor current increaser adapted to increase the motor current by an increment when the piston is determined to be at a position before the top dead center.
A method for controlling start of an engine generator adapted to generate power based on output from a winding wound around an alternator driven by an engine, and having a battery, a booster to boost an output of the battery and an engine starter adapted to supply the boosted battery output to the winding as a motor current, comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a position of the piston is before a top dead center when the boosted output is supplied to the winding;
- and
- increasing the motor current by an increment when the position of the piston is determined to be at a position before the top dead center.
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