Electrical transmission or interconnection systems – Vehicle mounted systems – Automobile
Patent
1994-06-14
1995-09-19
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Electrical transmission or interconnection systems
Vehicle mounted systems
Automobile
1231794, 123198DC, 290 38C, 340435, 340439, 340905, F02N 1708, G08G 109
Patent
active
054518202
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an automatic starting and stopping apparatus for an engine, which prolongs the lives of mechanical components such as a starter motor and which is applicable also to automatic vehicles. The automatic starting and stopping apparatus for an engine comprises a vehicle-to-vehicle distance sensor 29, which detects whether the distance from the preceding vehicle is less than a preset value, a signal color identifying and detecting device 30, which identifies whether the lit color of the signal is yellow or red, a car speed sensor 15, and a control circuit 31, which performs automatic start and stop of the engine in accordance with the detection results of the vehicle-to-vehicle distance sensor 29 and the signal color identifying and detecting apparatus 30. The control circuit 31 carries out automatic stop by cutting off the electric power to the engine ignition circuit 3 if the vehicle-to-vehicle distance is less than the preset value or the signal indicates a yellow or red light and also the car speed is zero, while it supplies electric currents to the starter 8 and the engine ignition circuit to implement automatic start when the vehicle-to-vehicle distance has reached the preset value or more or the lit signal color has changed from red to green.
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Gotoh, deceased Takeo
Konishi Keiichi
Moribayashi Satoshi
Yamamoto Kyohei
Elms Richard T.
Mitsubishi Denki & Kabushiki Kaisha
Shoop Jr. William M.
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