Cold starter for an automobile engine

US6715472B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BERU Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Stephan · Erligheim, DE
• Steffen Geiger · Asperg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 6, 2004
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Cold starter for use with a diesel engine having a combustion chamber, an intake air channel, and an air filter, which includes an electrical heating device mounted either in the intake air channel or within the air filter casing.