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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard J Wineland, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert L Gault, Garden City, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J / ; H02P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
322 10 ; 290 / ; 320 62 ; 322 69 ;
Abstract
A method and system for delaying mechanical loading of an internal combustion engine by an alternator during start-up and transitional phases of the engine by inhibiting the field winding current of the alternator until the engine reaches a predetermined operational condition for a continuous predetermined period of time.