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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Charles Mingo, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Thomas Francis Mausolf, Livonia, MI (US);
William Russell Goodwin, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 1/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 1/108 ;
Abstract
A method for determining an operational state of a vehicle starter motor coupled to vehicle battery includes the steps of detecting a vehicle battery voltage, deriving an average vehicle battery voltage, and inferring the operational state of the starter motor based at least in part on a difference between the detected vehicle battery voltage and the average vehicle battery voltage.