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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2011
Tetsuo Morita, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuo Morita, Nagoya, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A device for controlling an automatic start of the engine mounted on a vehicle which includes a clutch to transmit/block motive power between an output shaft of the engine and the driving wheel of the vehicle. The automatic start control device includes an automatic restart processing in which a starter is driven to crank the engine when predetermined restart conditions are met thereby restarting the engine. The automatic start control device detects a state of the clutch being either transmitting or blocking and detects whether or not a transition of the state occurs during the cranking of the engine in the automatic restart processing. The control device forcibly stops driving of the starter when the transition of the state occurs.