Patent ID: 9470123
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: F01M,F02D

Claim Text:
1. An internal combustion engine having a crankshaft, a fueling system, cylinders, pistons which reciprocate within the cylinders and rotate the crankshaft when fuel from the fueling system combusts in the cylinders, a lubrication pump operable to pump lubricant to moving parts of the engine, a cranking motor operable to rotate the crankshaft, and an engine controller which controls various aspects of engine operation including the fueling system and the cranking motor and which comprises a control strategy for a) measuring an elapsed time from a time at which the engine last ceased running until a time of occurrence of an engine start command which causes the lubrication pump to operate while the cranking motor is operated for various lengths of time as a function of the elapsed time measured, and b) controlling onset of fueling of the cylinders as a function of the elapsed time measured.