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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Borgwarner Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventor:
Michael E. Kirk, Greenfield, IN (US);
Assignee:
BORGWARNER, INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/00 (2006.01); F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02N 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/006 (2013.01); F02N 11/087 (2013.01); F02N 11/0848 (2013.01); F02N 15/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure teaches a system for starting an engine in which at least two starter assemblies are employed to crank a ring gear of an engine. At least one of the starter assemblies has a 'smart relay' configured with an auto-retry function that detects abutment and corrects it by powering the solenoid off and then on again. Advantageously, multiple starter assemblies can be in electrical communication with one another so that click-no-crank events in the starter assemblies can be corrected.