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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
Apostolos Tsakiris, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Markus Roessle, Stuttgart, DE;
Juergen Gross, Stuttgart, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a starter (), to a device for starting a starter motor, to a device for detecting an engaged state of a starter pinion, to a method for starting a starter motor, to a method for detecting an engaged state of a pinion () in a corresponding gearwheel, to a computer program and to a computer program product, wherein the method for detecting an engaged state of a pinion () in a corresponding gearwheel, in particular an engaged state of a starter pinion in a gear rim of a starter (), comprises applying a current to a starter relay () for switching the pinion () and detecting at least one current flow parameter of the current flow, wherein the detected current flow parameter is set in relation to potential pinion positions and a pinion position associated with the detected current flow parameter is selected and is thus detected.