Patent ID: 9359989
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: F02N,Y02T

Claim Text:
1. A control device for an engine provided with a starter including a second gear that can be engaged with a first gear coupled to a crankshaft, an actuator causing, in a driven state, said second gear to be moved to a position at which said second gear engages with said first gear, and a motor rotating said second gear, said actuator and said motor being separately controllable by a signal driving said actuator and a signal driving said motor, respectively, and said control device comprising a delay circuit, upon reception of a manually-operable start request, delaying the signal driving said actuator generated by said start request to generate the signal driving said motor, wherein when restarting said engine after said engine is automatically stopped, said control device generates the signal driving said actuator and the signal driving said motor, and detects a failure in said delay circuit based on an output status of each of the signal driving said actuator and the signal driving said motor.