Automatic starting system
First Claim
1. An automatic starting system for a vehicle which includes a starter circuit, a battery and an internal combustion engine with a throttle-gas pedal linkage, said starting system comprising:
- system energizing means electrically connectable to the battery of said vehicle, said system energizing means being selectively actuatable for conducting a current signal from said battery;
a plurality of switch means designed and arranged and electrically operable to couple said current signal from said system energizing means to the starter circuit of said vehicle;
gas pedal pumping means connectable to the throttle-gas pedal linkage of said vehicle; and
means for alternatively energizing and deenergizing said gas pedal pumping means for a finite time interval thereby creating a pumping action of said throttle-gas pedal linkage, said energizing and deenergizing means including a plurality of electrical timers with different time-on intervals, means for initiating a variable number of time-on intervals of one timer within the time-on interval of a second connected timer, and means for supplying an output signal from said second timer to said one timer to disable further initiation of time-on intervals of said one timer when said second timer times out.
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Abstract
An automatic starting system for a vehicle includes a starter circuit, a battery and an internal combustion engine with a throttle-gas pedal linkage. The starting system includes a clock and remote-control receiver and transmitter combination which are electrically connected to the battery and operable to be energized for selectively connecting a current signal from the battery to the balance of the system. An arrangement of timer circuits is provided and suitably arranged for electrically coupling the current signal from the system energizing means to the starter circuit of the vehicle. An actuator and vacuum pump combination enables the throttle-gas pedal linkage to be pumped when such pumping is the required or appropriate as a part of the recommended method to start the vehicle engine. The system includes an arrangement of timers for alternately energizing and deenergizing the gas pedal pumping arrangement and these timers are cooperatively arranged, one with respect to the other, such that one timer cycles on and off within the time-on interval of a second connected timer. Still further timers of the system are responsive to the time interval that the vehicle engine has been off in order to determine whether or not pumping action needs to occur before cranking, or one pump during cranking when the engine is restarted. Switches for selecting the number of pumping actions required depending on the vehicle and the number of cylinders of the vehicle are provided for individually tailoring the disclosed system to the vehicle.
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Citations
39 Claims
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1. An automatic starting system for a vehicle which includes a starter circuit, a battery and an internal combustion engine with a throttle-gas pedal linkage, said starting system comprising:
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system energizing means electrically connectable to the battery of said vehicle, said system energizing means being selectively actuatable for conducting a current signal from said battery; a plurality of switch means designed and arranged and electrically operable to couple said current signal from said system energizing means to the starter circuit of said vehicle; gas pedal pumping means connectable to the throttle-gas pedal linkage of said vehicle; and means for alternatively energizing and deenergizing said gas pedal pumping means for a finite time interval thereby creating a pumping action of said throttle-gas pedal linkage, said energizing and deenergizing means including a plurality of electrical timers with different time-on intervals, means for initiating a variable number of time-on intervals of one timer within the time-on interval of a second connected timer, and means for supplying an output signal from said second timer to said one timer to disable further initiation of time-on intervals of said one timer when said second timer times out. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An automatic starting system for a vehicle which includes a starter circuit, a battery and an internal combustion engine with a throttle-gas pedal linkage, said startng system comprising:
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system energizing means electrically connectable to the battery of said vehicle, said system energizing means being selectively actuatable for conducting a current signal from said battery; a plurality of timer circuits arranged to cycle between high and low signal outputs according to their time-out intervals, said timer circuits being arranged and electrically operable to couple said current signal from said system energizing means to the starter circuit of said vehicle; gas pedal pumping means connectable to the throttle-gas pedal linkage of said vehicle; and means for alternatively energizing and deenergizing said gas pedal pumping means for a finite time interval thereby creating a pumping action of said throttle-gas pedal linkage, said energizing and deenergizing means including a plurality of electrical timers with different time-on intervals, means for initiating a variable number of time-on intervals of one of said plurality of timers within the time-on interval of a second connected timer, and means for supplying an output signal from said second timer to said one timer to disable further initiation of time-on intervals of said one timer when said second timer times out. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An automatic starting system for a vehicle which includes a starter circuit, a battery and an internal combustion engine with a throttle-gas pedal linkage, said starting system comprising:
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system energizing means electrically connectable to the battery of said vehicle, said system energizing means being selectively actuatable for conducting a current signal from said battery; a plurality of switch means designed and arranged and electrically operable to couple said current signal from said system energizing means to the starter circuit of said vehicle; gas pedal pumping means connectable to the throttle-gas pedal linkage of said vehicle; and means for alternately energizing said deenergizing said gas pedal pumping means, said energizing and deenergizing means including a plurality of timers, one of said timers being responsive to the time interval said vehicle engine has been off, said energizing and deenergizing means including means responsive to said one of said timers for bypassing another of said timers when the engine has been off less than a predetermined length of time. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A remote-controlled starting system for a vehicle which has a starter circuit, a battery, and a throttle-gas pedal linkage, said starting system comprising:
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receiver means disposed between said battery and the balance of said system for conducting a current signal from said battery when activated; a plurality of timer circuits interconnected to one another and operable to control the energizing of said starter circuit; actuator means for generating a pumping action of said throttle-gas pedal linkage; and tailoring means for selectively varying the electrical characteristics of said starting system according to the type of vehicle to which said system is connected, said tailoring means including electronic timer means for selectively varying the number of pumping actions generated by said actuator means, said timer means including first and second interconnected timers, means for varying the number of time-on intervals of said first timer, and means responsive to an output signal from said second-timer for disabling said first timer when said second timer times out. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A remote-controlled starting system for a vehicle which has a starter circuit, a battery, and a throttle-gas pedal linkage, said starting system comprising:
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receiver means disposed between said battery and the balance of said system for conducting a current signal from said battery when activated; a plurality of timer circuits interconnected to one another and operable to control the energizing of said starter circuit; actuator means for generating a pumping action of said throttle-gas pedal linkage; and tailoring means for selectively varying the electrical characteristics of said startng system according to the type of vehicle to which said system is connected, wherein said tailoring means includes a selector switch for selecting the number of vehicle cylinders which are present with the vehicle to which the starting system is installed. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. An automatic starting system for a vehicle which includes a starter circuit, a battery and an internal combustion engine with a throttle-gas pedal linkage, said starting system comprising:
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system energizing means electrically connectable to the battery of said vehicle, said system energizing means being selectively actuatable for conducting a current signal from said battery; a plurality of switch means designed and arranged and electrically operable to couple said current signal from said system energizing means to the starter circuit of said vehicle; gas pedal pumping means connectable to the throttle-gas pedal linkage of said vehicle; and means for alternately energizing and deenergizing said gas pedal pumping means, said energizing and deenergizing means including inhibit means for inhibiting a portion of said energizing and deenergizing means when the engine has been off less than a predetermined length of time, said inhibit means including a timer responsive to the time interval said vehicle engine has been off. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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