Automatic stop/start controller for engine
First Claim
1. An automatic stop/start controller for a vehicle which automatically stops and starts a vehicle engine without operation of an ignition key, wherein, a control unit prevents the automatic stop of said engine if a direction indicator of said vehicle is activated, said control unit automatically restarts said engine without operation of the ignition key if said direction indicator is activated after said engine is automatically stopped, and said control unit prevents an automatic stop of said engine until a distance traveled by said vehicle after said engine is automatically started is greater than a predetermined automatic stop prohibit distance.
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Abstract
An automatic stop/start controller for an engine which automatically stops and starts the engine without operation of an ignition key. In automatically stopping the engine without operation of the ignition key, a control means prevents an automatic stop of the engine if a direction indicator of the vehicle is activated. If the direction indicator is activated after the engine is automatically stopped, the control means immediately automatically starts the engine without operation of the ignition key. The control means also prevents an automatic stop of the engine unless the distance traveled by a vehicle, after the engine has automatically started, is greater than a predetermined automatic stop prohibit distance.
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- 1. An automatic stop/start controller for a vehicle which automatically stops and starts a vehicle engine without operation of an ignition key, wherein, a control unit prevents the automatic stop of said engine if a direction indicator of said vehicle is activated, said control unit automatically restarts said engine without operation of the ignition key if said direction indicator is activated after said engine is automatically stopped, and said control unit prevents an automatic stop of said engine until a distance traveled by said vehicle after said engine is automatically started is greater than a predetermined automatic stop prohibit distance.
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