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Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Marc Christian Allain1
Mark Allen Zurawski1
Date of Patent
December 15, 2009
1Patent Application Number
121855761
Date Filed
August 4, 2008
1Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention relates to a method to protect a starter from over heating during any cranking operation to start an electronically controlled internal combustion engine having an electronic control unit with a memory. The method includes constraining the time during which a cranking operation may proceed and ensuring that the starter temperature is within a predetermined range to ensure that the starter does not operate for a time period that permits the starter to heat up beyond a predetermined temperature range.
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