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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Takeru Okabe, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Osamu Ishikawa, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Tomohisa Shoda, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Michitaka Fujiwara, Kobe, JP;
Takeru Okabe, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Osamu Ishikawa, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Tomohisa Shoda, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Michitaka Fujiwara, Kobe, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for automatically stopping and restarting an internal combustion engine is provided with a crank angle sensor () that detects a crank angle of an engine (), a fuel injection unit () that injects fuel into the engine, and the device is also provided with a starter activation prohibition determination means that prohibits activation of a starter () by determining that the engine is in reverse rotation during inertial rotation of the engine, and removes the starter activation prohibition depending on the crank angle when the engine starts reverse rotation.