System, in particular for motor vehicle starting a heat engine and for charging an electric circuit
US7165523B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 9, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T10/40
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
System, especially for a motor vehicle, able, on the one hand, to start up an internal-combustion engine and, on the other hand, to charge an electrical circuit, including a main electrical machine able to operate, on the one hand, as a generator and, on the other hand, as an electric motor, the said electrical machine driving the internal-combustion engine by means of a belt when it is operating in motor mode, the system further including management means which drive the main electrical machine, characterised in that it includes a supplementary starter, as well as means for detecting at least one condition for triggering the activation of the said supplementary starter, and the management means drive the main electrical machine and the starter, according to a particular sequence, when the said condition is detected by the said detection means.
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