Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Idle stop control device
- Patent Title (中): 空转停止控制装置
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Application No.: US13985777Application Date: 2012-01-25
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Publication No.: US09502848B2Publication Date: 2016-11-22
- Inventor: Koin Nakamura , Satoru Okuma , Fumihiko Imamura
- Applicant: Koin Nakamura , Satoru Okuma , Fumihiko Imamura
- Applicant Address: JP Yokohama-Shi
- Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Yokohama-Shi
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Priority: JP2011-030469 20110216
- International Application: PCT/JP2012/051498 WO 20120125
- International Announcement: WO2012/111394 WO 20120823
- Main IPC: F02D45/00
- IPC: F02D45/00 ; H01R39/58 ; F02D29/02 ; F02N11/08 ; G05B19/4065 ; F02N15/02 ; F02N15/06

Abstract:
Disclosed is an idle stop control device that automatically shuts down an engine when a first condition is satisfied, and then restarts the engine using a starter to which electricity is fed through a brush when a second condition is satisfied, the idle stop control device including a start-operation brush wear amount computing unit that is configured to compute a brush wear amount in a single start operation, a total brush wear amount computing unit that is configured to compute a total brush wear amount by integrating the brush wear amount in a single start operation, and an automatic engine shutdown prohibiting unit that is configured to prohibit an automatic engine shutdown when the total brush wear amount is equal to or larger than a warranty driving wear amount of the starter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130338908A1 IDLE STOP CONTROL DEVICE Public/Granted day:2013-12-19
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