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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2019
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Norio Kaneko, Saitama, JP;
Akihiro Kimura, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Hashizume, Saitama, JP;
Daisuke Nojiri, Saitama, JP;
Koji Kuriyagawa, Saitama, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To prolong a lifetime of a starter battery, a starting system () for an internal combustion engine () includes: a starter battery () constituted of a lithium-ion battery and configured to supply electric power to a starter motor (); and a controller () configured to drive the starter motor () by the electric power from the starter battery () to perform cranking operations of the engine () intermittently, wherein the controller () is configured to prohibit the cranking operations for a first time interval before the cranking operations are performed a prescribed number of times within a prescribed time window, and to prohibit the cranking operations for a second time interval longer than the first time interval right after the cranking operations are performed the prescribed number of times within the prescribed time window.