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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2008
Applicants:
Kenjiro Saito, Saitama, JP;
Kazumi Shibata, Saitama, JP;
Inventors:
Kenjiro Saito, Saitama, JP;
Kazumi Shibata, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power generation control device for a generator driven by a four-stroke cycle engine is provided. The power generation control device includes a switching circuit for controlling an output current from the generator; and a power generation period control device configured to operate the switching circuit to output the output current from the generator in only a predetermined power generation period of the four strokes of the engine, wherein the power generation period ranges from an expansion stroke to an intake stroke of the four strokes.