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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2009
Hiroaki Kitano, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Kurishige, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Imagi, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Kamei, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Odahara, Tokyo, JP;
Naohito Kaneda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kitano, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Kurishige, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Imagi, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Mizuno, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Kamei, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Odahara, Tokyo, JP;
Naohito Kaneda, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An engine-starting device for stopping the engine after satisfaction of an idling-stop condition during idling of a vehicle, starting rotation of a starter-motor upon satisfaction of a starter-motor rotation start condition, and causing a pinion gear to mesh with a ring gear upon satisfaction of a pinion gear meshing condition, includes the ring gear to be connected to a crank shaft, the pinion gear for transmitting the starter-motor rotation, a plunger for causing the pinion gear to mesh with the ring gear, and a starter control section for instructing energization of the starter-motor, in which the starter-motor is energized to be rotated upon the satisfaction of the starter-motor rotation start condition prior to clearing of the idling-stop condition in response to a restart request, and the pinion gear is caused to mesh with the ring gear by the plunger upon the satisfaction of the pinion gear meshing condition.