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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stefan Renner, Weissach, DE;
Claus Kramer, Besigheim, DE;
Karl-Otto Schmidt, Keltern, DE;
Uwe Daurer, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 1/100 ; H02P 9/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 1/100 ; H02P 9/04 ;
Abstract
A circuit arrangement for an engagement relay of a starter mechanism of an internal combustion engine, for bringing two gearwheels in engagement, the circuit arrangement having a switching element which reduces a relay current after a first time period before meshing of the two gear wheels to a determined current value during a second time period, the switching element being formed as a controlling and regulating device which increases a relay current to a predetermined value to a third time period which starts when one gear wheel reaches the other gear wheel.