Engine starter system
CA 2012390 C · Owner: Kurabayashi, Ken · Inventors: Kurabayashi, Ken; Tsuchiya, Yoshinobu; Shirata, Akihiro
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
An engine starter system for driving an engine starter with electric power from a battery mounted on a motor vehicle has a boost controller for boosting electric power from the battery and a large-capacitance capacitor which is charged by the electric power which is boosted by the boost controller. The engine starter is driven by the electric energy which is stored in the capacitor at a voltage higher than the voltage of the battery.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 16, 1990 and granted July 8, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 16, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 16, 2012.
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