Starter motor for motor vehicle engine

• US 20060196461A1
• Filed: 02/23/2006
• Published: 09/07/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ali R. Abolfathi
• Original Assignee: Ali R. Abolfathi
• Inventors: Abolfathi, Ali R.
• Application Number:
  US11/362,382
• Publication Number:
  US 20060196461A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 123/179.25
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/006 using a plurality of electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/14 Starting of engines by means of electric starters with external current supply F02N11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 19/02 Aiding engine start by thermal means, e.g. using lighted wicks

Abstract

A starter motor for a motor vehicle engine includes, in combination, a first electric motor adapted to operate on direct current power supplied from a battery and a second electric motor adapted to operate on alternating current power supplied from an electrical outlet. The first electric motor and the second electric motor are connected in tandem with a common output shaft. When insufficient power is supplied from the battery to the first electric motor to start the motor vehicle engine, the second electric motor is temporarily connected to the electrical outlet and the second electric motor used to start the motor vehicle engine.

Claims

1. A starter motor for a motor vehicle engine, comprising in combination:

a first electric motor adapted to operate on direct current power supplied from a battery;

a second electric motor adapted to operate on alternating current power supplied from an electrical outlet;

means for temporarily connecting the second electric motor to the electrical outlet;

the first electric motor and the second electric motor being connected in tandem with a common output shaft, such that when insufficient power is supplied from the battery to the first electric motor to start the motor vehicle engine, the second electric motor is temporarily connected to the electrical outlet and the second electric motor used to start the motor vehicle engine.

2. The starter motor as defined in claim 1, wherein the battery supplies 12 volt power.

3. The starter motor as defined in claim 1, wherein the electrical outlet supplies 120 volt power.