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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:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Scott Evart Blackburn, Temperance, MI (US);
Eric Keith Manning, Toledo, OH (US);
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 ...
H02P 9/04 (2006.01); H02P 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to determining and controlling the appropriate moment at which a combined starter/alternator should transition from start-up mode to alternator/generator mode following an IC engine start-up sequence. The method relies on battery voltage or battery current monitoring to establish the timing of the transition.