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Electrical system for an internal combustion engine

US6196177A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 22, 1999
Grant dateMar 6, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01M5/021
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An improved electrical system for internal combustion engines which transfers electrically generated energy from the alternator to heat engine fluids, such as the coolant and the oil, thereby reducing engine warm up time, and/or exhaust emissions and/or fuel consumption.

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