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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Matsunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Kamura, Tokyo, JP;
Koetsu Fujiwara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02N 11/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0848 (2013.01); F02N 11/04 (2013.01); F02N 2200/022 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a dynamo-electric machine driving an engine, and a calculator calculating an increment in a crank angular acceleration of the engine every certain period from a base time after the driving of the engine by the dynamo-electric machine. The apparatus further includes a determiner determining that the engine has started by the dynamo-electric machine on a condition that the increment calculated by the calculator exceeds a standard value.