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Starter contactor having an electronic control circuit, and a vehicle engine starter having such a contactor

US5936497A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 7, 1997
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
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Expiry dateNov 7, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H50/021
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor vehicle starter contactor includes a fixed core and a control rod for displacing a movable contact into and out of cooperation with fixed contact terminals carried on the base of a cover hood of the contactor. The contactor also has an electronic control circuit, the components of which are carried by a printed circuit board in the form of a disc, which is located within the cover hood of the contactor, in an axial position intermediate between the fixed core and the movable contact. The printed circuit board is fixed on a support which is carried by the fixed core. The support provides, in particular, electrical ground connection between the printed circuit and the fixed core.

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