Starting current limitation system 20 having at least a first electrical connection component 30 which can be connected to a battery pole 12, a second electrical connection component 34 which can be connected to a starter 18, and a parallel circuit which is connected between the first connection component 30 and the second connection component 34 and which comprises a branch 24a having a amperage control device 24 and a branch 22a having an electrical resistor 22. An optimization of structural space is achieved when the branch 22a having the electrical resistor 22, the branch 24a having the amperage control device 24 and the first connection component 30 are arranged inside a pole niche 26a of the battery pole 12.

A starter system for start up of a combined heat and power unit comprising a generator which is connectable to the grid. The starter system comprises a variable frequency drive, VFD, operable to receive power from the grid. The VFD reduces the frequency of the power, and provides the reduced-frequency power to the generator to start the generator. The starter system further comprises a bypass relay configured to bypass the VFD. The bypass relay allows direct connection between the grid and the generator after the generator has started. The variable frequency drive is configured to operate temporarily during start up of the combined heat and power unit.

A power supply system in a vehicle having an idling stop function for executing an automatic stop and an automatic restart on an engine has a power generator, a first storage unit that can be charged with and can discharge generated power generated by the power generator, a second storage unit that can be charged with and can discharge the generated power, two paths connecting the first storage unit and the second storage unit, a switching unit including a first switch for switching one path of the two paths between a conductive condition and a non-conductive condition, and a second switch for switching another path of the two paths between a conductive condition and a non-conductive condition, and an engine restarter connected to either the first storage unit side or the second storage unit side of the switching unit in order to start the engine during the automatic restart.

An electric circuit used in a vehicle having an idling stop function of automatically stopping and automatically restarting an engine includes an electric generator, a first electricity storage capable of charging and discharging electric power generated by the electric generator, a second electricity storage connected in parallel to the first electricity storage, capable of charging and discharging the generated electric power, and having high durability against repetitive charge and discharge compared to the first electricity storage, an engine restarter, which is connected to the first electricity storage and the second electricity storage, configured to crank the engine at a time of the automatic restart, and a switch, which is connected between the engine restarter and the first electricity storage, configured to block a flow of current between the engine restarter and the first electricity storage. The switch includes at least a semiconductor switch.

A control circuit 6 determines whether a difference between an input/output potential difference V11 and an input/output potential difference V13 when bypass switches SW1 and SW2 are again turned on is equal to or smaller than a threshold value Vth2 in a case where the control circuit 6 determines, at normal times other than an engine restart after being idle-stopped, that a difference between the input/output potential difference V11 of a bypass circuit when the bypass switches SW1 and SW2 are turned on and an input/output potential difference V12 when the bypass switch SW1 is turned on and the bypass switch SW2 is turned off is equal to or larger than a threshold value Vth1 and that the bypass switch SW1 has an open fault, and validates the determination of the open fault of the bypass switch SW1 in a case where the control circuit 6 determines that the difference between the input/output potential differences V11 and V13 is equal to or smaller than a the threshold value Vth2.

An engine starting device is provided with a battery, a starter motor, an inrush current limit circuit and a control unit. The inrush current limit circuit has a resistor and a bypass relay connected in parallel. The inrush current limit circuit is interposed between the battery and the starter motor. The bypass relay has a normally open contact that is configured to be closed at a time of engine startup. The control unit is programmed to include a fault identification unit that identifies a location of fault occurrence in the inrush current limit circuit based on a minimum voltage of the battery existing while the starter motor is determined to be in operation and an amount of decrease in voltage of the battery existing while the normally open contact is determined to be actuated in a closing direction.

A system for a vehicle having an engine and a battery includes a memory and a controller. The memory has a predicted current expected to be provided by the battery for restarting the engine during a cranking event. The controller is configured to predict a minimum voltage of the battery expected during the cranking event based on the predicted current and to update the predicted current in the memory as a function of the predicted current and an actual current actually provided by the battery for restarting the engine during the cranking event.

The invention relates to a system for supplying electric power (10) to electrical equipment via a high-performance battery (2) comprising at least one device (LPF) for limiting a current of the high-performance battery. The high-performance battery has a first nominal voltage greater than that of a standard battery initially provided for supplying the equipment, which include an internal combustion engine starter (8) that is connected to the high-performance battery via the limiting device. According to the invention, the limiting device (LPF) is a transformer having a secondary winding circuit (R, W2) formed by a short-circuited secondary winding (W2). According to another feature, the coupling coefficient of the transformer and a secondary resistance of the secondary winding circuit are dependent on the specific characteristics of the equipment.

The method according to the invention is implemented in an alternator-starter (1) comprising phase windings (u,v,w) connected to an inverter (3) linked to an onboard electrical network (2) powered by a battery for operation as a starter. The invention involves controlling the inverter in a chopped full-wave control mode when the rotational speed () of the alternator-starter is lower than at least a threshold speed and in a full-wave control mode when the rotational speed is higher than the threshold speed. According to a specific embodiment, the switching between the chopped full-wave control mode and the full-wave control mode takes place according to a hysteresis cycle using two predefined threshold speeds.

Circuit arrangement for vehicles with at least one semiconductor element 30 and at least one first metal carrier plate 2a and a metal circuit board 2b. A multifaceted scope of application is provided if the carrier plate 2a is electrically insulated from the circuit board 2b and the carrier plate 2a is electrically linked with at least one of the circuit boards 2b by means of at least one semiconductor device 30 so that the carrier plate 2a and the circuit board 2b form an electrical three-pole.