Method and starter system for starting an internal combustion engine

US6453863B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• Continental ISAD Electronic Systems GmbH & Co., oHG · DE
• Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Pels · Achern, DE
• Franz Rosskopf · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 2000
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2002
• Expiry date: Oct 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02N2019/007
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for starting an internal combustion engine and a starter system is disclosed. The crankshaft of an internal combustion engine is accelerated at least to the starting speed required for starting the internal combustion engine. The crankshaft is brought to a stipulated crank angle for the starting process by an electric machine before the actual starting process, and the starting process is started from this crank angle.