Patent · US Expired

Starter device for an internal combustion engine

US6531787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Koelle · Wiernsheim, DE
Simon-Florian Czerny · Markgröningen, DE
Manfred Ackermann · Elmhurst, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 3, 2002
Grant date	Mar 11, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF02N2300/2004
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A starter device (1) for an internal combustion engine (2) is provided that comprises an electric starter motor (3), a power supply (16), and an activating unit (4) for the starter motor (3).The activating unit comprises circuit-breaker electronics (6) and a control unit (5) for the circuit-breaker electronics (6).Sensors are provided to register physical parameters relevant to the starting power of the starter motor (3) in order to adapt the start characteristic line of the starter motor (3) in optimal fashion within permissible limit values of the physical parameters.

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