Engine starter

Details Engine starter Engine starter

1989-01-23

1990-02-13

Herrmann, Allan D.

Machine element or mechanism

Engine starters

Automatic

74 7C, 74 7E, F02N 1506

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048996041

ABSTRACT:
A starter motor comprising a housing, an electric motor having an output rotary shaft and mounted within the housing, an over-running clutch axially slidably mounted on the output rotary shaft, a solenoid switch for shifting the over-running clutch, and a pinion shifter assembly. The pinion shifter assembly comprises a hollow cylindrical shifter main body placed between the output rotary shaft and the housing in a slidable and rotatable engagement therewith a pinion mounted on one end of the shifter main body for rotation therewith. The shifter main body is connected at the other end thereof to the over-running clutch, and the pinion is a member assembled on the one end of the shifter main body. The pinion may be connected to the shifter main body by splines and a compression spring may be disposed between the pinion and the shifter main body for allowing an axial movement of the pinion relative to the shifter main body.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2862391 (1958-12-01), Schneider et al.
patent: 4412457 (1983-11-01), Colvin et al.
patent: 4573364 (1986-03-01), Givan
patent: 4760274 (1988-07-01), Isozumi

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