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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Briggs & Stratton, Llc, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Inventors:
Mike Miller, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Dean Weigand, Waukesha, WI (US);
Robert Townsend, Delafield, WI (US);
Richard Jungmann, Richfield, WI (US);
Todd Plichta, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Assignee:
Briggs & Stratton, LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 29/06 (2006.01); F02D 11/00 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/22 (2006.01); F02N 11/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/26 (2006.01); F02D 41/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/221 (2013.01); F02D 29/06 (2013.01); F02N 11/003 (2013.01); G05B 15/02 (2013.01); F02D 41/021 (2013.01); F02D 41/26 (2013.01); F02D 2041/228 (2013.01); F02D 2200/021 (2013.01); F02D 2200/503 (2013.01); F02N 2200/061 (2013.01); F02N 2300/2002 (2013.01); Y02T 10/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of exercising a generator includes detecting a temperature of the generator by a temperature sensor, if the temperature of the generator is above a predetermined temperature, activating, by a controller, a starter motor of the generator, and performing, by the controller, an exercise test, and if the temperature of the generator is below the predetermined temperature, not activating, by the controller, the starter motor.