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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott Evart Blackburn, Temperance, MI (US);
Eric Keith Manning, Toledo, OH (US);
Assignee:
Dana Corporation, Toledo, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 1/108 ; F02N 1/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 1/108 ; F02N 1/104 ;
Abstract
A system and method for protecting a component of an I.C. engine system by controlling a starter/alternator in response to the component's temperature. The system describes a method of comparing the temperature of the component to a predetermined threshold temperature and, if the temperature exceeds the threshold, disabling the starter/alternator. According to the present invention the temperature of the vehicle battery, starter/alternator motor and starter/alternator inverter may be protected. The starter/alternator is controlled/disabled according to mode of operation.