Patent ID: 8818590
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: F02D,G06F

Abstract:
1. A combination of a alternator-starter system and of an electronic control unit separate from and electrically connected to said alternator-starter system via a data communication link, said alternator-starter system being installed in an automobile and comprising: an alternator-starter provided for operating in a recuperative braking mode and a torque booster mode; an AC/DC converter; a DC/DC converter; an electrical energy storage unit electrically connected between said AC/DC converter and said DC/DC converter; and an integrated control circuit controlling modes of operation of said alternator-starter system based on internal state thereof and a state of said automobile; said integrated control circuit including a RAM connected to said electronic control unit via said data communication link; said electronic control unit including a rewritable memory comprising a permanent storage of configuration data of said system in said rewritable memory, said configuration data is uploadable into said RAM during an initialization phase of said system; said configuration data comprising at least one of a parameter table and a control software component; an uploading period of said configuration data being masked by an anticipated command to startup said system.