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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kyohei Yamamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
290 31 ; 219202 ; 219205 ; 219494 ; 219505 ; 290 / ; 1231 / ;
Abstract
In a starter protective device, a sensor detects the operating conditions of the engine, a decision unit having a detecting section for detecting starting conditions and a controlling section for changing, according to the starting conditions provided by the detecting section, reference values for determining whether or not the engine has been started provides a start completion decision output when it is determined from the reference values that the engine is in operation, and in response to the start completion decision output the starter is deenergized, whereby the starter is lengthened in service life.