Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Using a DC or AC generator as a starter with fault detection
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Application No.: US14100481Application Date: 2013-12-09
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Publication No.: US09719477B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Joseph Lowell Harper , Osahenrhunwen Erhun Iyasere
- Applicant: Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US RI Providence
- Assignee: Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Polster Lieder
- Main IPC: F02N11/04
- IPC: F02N11/04 ; F02N11/08 ; B60K6/46 ; B60L11/02 ; B60W20/50

Abstract:
A power generation and starting device for a utility vehicle having a battery source capable of storing electrical energy, a logic/driver module operably coupled to the battery source and capable of outputting power to a drive system of the utility vehicle, an internal combustion engine capable of outputting a mechanical driving force, and a generator system operably coupled to the internal combustion engine and electrically coupled to the logic/driver module. The generator system is capable of operating as a generator in response to the mechanical driving force of the internal combustion engine, thereby outputting electrical energy to the logic/driver module. The generator is further capable of operating as an electric motor in response to input of electrical energy from the logic/driver module to drive the internal combustion engine during startup of the internal combustion engine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150159614A1 Using A DC Or AC Generator As A Starter With Fault Detection Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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