Machine element or mechanism – Engine starters – Automatic
Patent
1976-11-01
1978-09-26
Cohen, Irwin C.
Machine element or mechanism
Engine starters
Automatic
F02N 1100, F02N 1506
Patent
active
041160770
ABSTRACT:
Electric starters for automobile engines and the like comprise a pinion wheel driven by the starter motor, a solenoid switch and a lever operatively connected to the core of the solenoid switch and the shaft of the pinion wheel, so as to move the pinion wheel into mesh with a gear wheel of the engine to be started. In the starter of the present invention the lever does not have a fixed pivot. Instead, the end of the lever associated with the core is aranged to move linearly with the core, while its connection to the pinion shaft allows axial movement of the lever relative to the shaft. Between the two ends the lever has means adapted to bear against fixed surfaces to allow pivoting of the lever. In preferred embodiments means are incorporated which allow the core to complete its travel, even if the travel of the pinion is prematurely arrested by initial failure to mesh with the gear which it is to drive.
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Cohen Irwin C.
Societe de Paris et du Rhone
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