Electrical system for a motor vehicle

Patent · 31 December 1998

OSTI ID:872398

Tamor, Michael Alan ^[1]

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1. Toledo, OH

In one embodiment of the present invention, an electrical system for a motor vehicle comprises a capacitor, an engine cranking motor coupled to receive motive power from the capacitor, a storage battery and an electrical generator having an electrical power output, the output coupled to provide electrical energy to the capacitor and to the storage battery. The electrical system also includes a resistor which limits current flow from the battery to the engine cranking motor. The electrical system further includes a diode which allows current flow through the diode from the generator to the battery but which blocks current flow through the diode from the battery to the cranking motor.

• Research Organization: Midwest Research Institute; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO
• Sponsoring Organization: United States Department of Energy
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-83CH10093
• Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc. (Dearborn, MI)
• Patent Number(s): US 5925938
• Application Number: 08/811,626
• OSTI ID: 872398
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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