Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle comprising an engine restart system
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Application No.: US15755679Application Date: 2016-08-26
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Publication No.: US10279919B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Gordon Charles Woodhouse , Luke Michael Boston
- Applicant: BAE Systems plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Maine Cernota & Rardin
- Priority: GB1515540.1 20150902
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/052658 WO 20160826
- International Announcement: WO2017/037434 WO 20170309
- Main IPC: B64D31/06
- IPC: B64D31/06 ; G05D1/10 ; B64D45/04 ; B64C39/02 ; B64D41/00 ; G05D1/00 ; G07C5/08 ; B64D45/00

Abstract:
A vehicle (100) comprising: an engine (102); a system for starting the engine (102); a fault detection module (120); an electrical power source (110); and a controller (116, 122). The controller (116, 122) is configured to, responsive to the fault detection module (120) detecting a fault occurring with the engine (102): determine a window in which to attempt to start the engine (102); control the electrical power source (110) to provide electrical power to the system for starting the engine (102); and control the system for starting the engine (102) to attempt to start the engine (102) using the supplied electrical power only during the determined window.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180273195A1 A VEHICLE COMPRISING AN ENGINE RESTART SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2018-09-27
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