Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Internal combustion engine with heat accumulating device
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Application No.: US09899016Application Date: 2001-07-06
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Publication No.: US06629512B2Publication Date: 2003-10-07
- Inventor: Kazuki Iwatani , Makoto Suzuki , Katuhiko Arisawa , Masakazu Tabata , Kunihiko Hayashi
- Applicant: Kazuki Iwatani , Makoto Suzuki , Katuhiko Arisawa , Masakazu Tabata , Kunihiko Hayashi
- Priority: JP2000-209124 20000710; JP2001-029945 20010206
- Main IPC: F01P1102
- IPC: F01P1102

Abstract:
An electronic control unit (ECU) of an engine system starts a control (preheat) that supplies heat reserving hot water stored in a heat accumulating device to an engine prior to an engine start. The ECU determines a time that continues the preheat on the basis of a cooling water temperature of the engine so as to execute the engine start after a warming-up of the engine is reliably finished. Further, during the execution of the preheat, a lighting lamp is turned on, and that incidence is recognized to a driver. When the preheat is completed, the ECU automatically starts the engine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020005178A1 Internal combustion engine with heat accumulating device Public/Granted day:2002-01-17
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