System for starting an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles
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1. A system for starting an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles, including:
- a storage battery,an electric starter motor operable to rotate the internal combustion engine,capacitive means of high-capacitance arranged immediately adjacent the electric motor and adapted to store enough electrical energy to supply the electric motor during the starting of the internal combustion engine, andconnection means adapted, in a first condition, to connect the capacitive means to the battery to enable the capacitive means to be recharged and, in a second condition, to connect the capacitive means to the electric motor to enable electrical energy to be transferred from the capacitive means to the electric motor;
wherein housing means for said capacitive means and said starter motor are connected to define a unitary assembly.
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The system includes a storage battery, and an electric starter motor operable to rotate the internal combustion engine. A capacitor of high-capacitance, arranged immediately adjacent the electric motor, is adapted to store enough electrical energy to supply the electric motor during the starting of the internal combustion engine. A connection control system in a first condition connects the capacitor to the battery to enable the capacitor to be recharged and, in a second condition, connects the capacitor to the electric motor to enable electrical energy to be transferred thereto.
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1. A system for starting an internal combustion engine for motor vehicles, including:
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a storage battery, an electric starter motor operable to rotate the internal combustion engine, capacitive means of high-capacitance arranged immediately adjacent the electric motor and adapted to store enough electrical energy to supply the electric motor during the starting of the internal combustion engine, and connection means adapted, in a first condition, to connect the capacitive means to the battery to enable the capacitive means to be recharged and, in a second condition, to connect the capacitive means to the electric motor to enable electrical energy to be transferred from the capacitive means to the electric motor; wherein housing means for said capacitive means and said starter motor are connected to define a unitary assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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