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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Mark Allen Zurawski, Northville, MI (US);
Marc Christian Allain, Plymouth, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Allen Zurawski, Northville, MI (US);
Marc Christian Allain, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method to protect a starter from over heating during any cranking operation to start an electronically controlled internal combustion engine having an electronic control unit with a memory. The method includes constraining the time during which a cranking operation may proceed and ensuring that the starter temperature is within a predetermined range to ensure that the starter does not operate for a time period that permits the starter to heat up beyond a predetermined temperature range.