Patent ID: 9013057
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: F02N

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle starter circuit comprising: a battery; a starter electrically coupled with the battery and including a switch assembly and a starter motor, the switch assembly including an actuator and a start signal switch; a relay disposed between the battery and the starter, the relay being configured to operate to provide current to the switch assembly to close the start signal switch in response to a received signal; a starter switch mounted remotely from the starter that closes in response to the start signal switch being closed, whereby the battery delivers current to the starter motor when the starter switch is closed, wherein the actuator is a solenoid, wherein the relay is configured to selectively supply current to the solenoid through a first terminal, which includes only a single input path, to close the start signal switch, and electrical current passes through the first terminal toward the start signal switch.