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Engine temperature control system

  • US 6,505,466 B1
  • Filed: 02/14/2000
  • Issued: 01/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An exhaust temperature control system for an engine having an exhaust system that is cooled by an exhaust cooling system, the control system comprising a coolant sensor adapted to sense an operational condition of the exhaust cooling system, a controller being electrically connected to said coolant temperature sensor, said controller receiving an input signal from said coolant temperature sensor indicative of an operating condition of said exhaust cooling system, said controller also being controllably connected to a switchable relay, said relay being adapted to interrupt a power supply to a starter motor, said controller interrupting said power supply to said starter motor when said input signal indicates a malfunction in the exhaust cooling system.

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