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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL POWER TO AN ENGINE

  • US 20160082854A1
  • Filed: 12/04/2015
  • Published: 03/24/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable jump starter for delivering supplemental power to an engine comprising:

  • a pair of conductive leads for temporarily connecting the jump starter to an electrical system of the engine;

    one or more jump starter batteries;

    one or more jump starter capacitors connected in parallel to said one or more jump starter batteries;

    a relay connected to said conductive leads;

    a shunt cable connecting said jump starter batteries and said jump starter capacitors to said relay; and

    a switch coupled to said relay to selectively apply electrical power from said jump starter batteries and said jump starter capacitors to said electrical system of the engine.

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