Patent ID: 11959450
Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  H | IPC B  F  H

Claim 0:
1. A cranking system comprising:
a secondary energy storage system (SESS) configured to be disposed onboard a vehicle and conductively connected, via switch devices, to a primary battery and a cranking device of the vehicle; and
a control system configured to control the switch devices to close a conductive path to discharge electric current from the SESS for powering the cranking device to rotate an engine shaft of an engine during a cranking operation, and
responsive to the cranking operation successfully starting the engine, the control system is configured to control the switch devices to electrically disconnect the SESS from the primary battery and the cranking device, which blocks discharge of electric current from the SESS.