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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7934436 | Starter device for starting internal combustion engines The invention relates to a starter device (1) for starting internal combustion engines, comprising an electromagnetic toe-in mechanism which is used to displace an axially displaceable pinion shaft (5), starter pinions (6) which are arranged in ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7721613 | Method of mounting a retaining ring on an electric starter shaft comprising a starter drive assembly and corresponding starter The invention relates to a method of mounting a retaining ring (21) on a rotating electric armature shaft. The inventive method consists in first mounting the retaining ring (21) on an axial shaft segment (27) which is located in an accessible m... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7647850 | Starter motor casing A starter assembly has a starter motor with a center casing. A front housing is attached to the center casing and the front housing is adapted to attach the starter assembly to the vehicle. The center casing includes a pilot ring which mates with a groove in the fro... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7552656 | Intermediate geared starter and seal member An intermediate geared starter is provided, which has a pinion shaft, a pinion gear, an intermediate shaft, an intermediate gear, and a housing. The pinion shaft is rotatable upon receipt of a rotational force from a motor and the pinion gear is supported on the pin... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7526973 | Starter with intermediate gear A starter with an intermediate gear includes a front bearing portion formed with a mounting hole for supporting the front end portion of an intermediate shaft and a retaining hole located at a position offset from a center of the mounting hole in a radial direction ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7389708 | Starter for an engine A starter for an engine includes a motor, a cylindrical tube, a one-way clutch, an output shaft, and a pinion gear. The motor generates a rotational force. A first bearing rotatably supports the tube. The tube includes a female helical spline on its inner surface. T... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7357195 | Power tool and gear unit assembled therein A power tool including a gear unit provided with a load moderating mechanism capable of reducing noise and prolonging service life. A coupling is force fitted with a spindle at a predetermined pressure allowing the spindle and the coupling to rotate relative to each... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7337687 | Starter having pinion-rotation-restricting mechanism for use in automotive vehicle A starter for cranking an internal combustion engine is composed of an electric motor, an output shaft driven by the electric motor, a pinion gear unit helical-spline-coupled to the output shaft, and a magnetic switch for supplying electric power to the electric mot... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7314111 | Starter mounting structure A starter mounting structure for a starter for cranking an engine (1) has a transmission case (2a) surrounding the transmission (2) and having an engine side end surface (200) facing an engine side. The engine block (1b | 01/01/2008 |
| 7296489 | Starting apparatus A starting apparatus includes a drive motor and a reduction gear having a planetary gear for starting an engine by the drive motor via the reduction gear. An internal gear of the reduction gear includes a locking projection projecting in an axial direction. A rotati... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7275509 | Method for engaging the starter pinion of a starter with the starter ring gear of an internal combustion engine during the running-down of the internal combustion engine A method is provided for engaging a starter pinion of a starter with a starter ring gear of an internal combustion engine during the running-down of the internal combustion engine, which internal combustion engine has an arrangement for determining rotational speed ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7219569 | Integral one-way overrun clutch with epcicycle gear system A starter motor for an internal combustion engine having an integral one-way roller clutch and epicycle gear train unit is provided. The integrated unit includes an integrated gear support/clutch barrel which, on one side, houses the roller and spring elements of th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204781 | Auxiliary transmission in transmission system A transmission apparatus includes at least an auxiliary transmission for supplementing a main transmission. The auxiliary transmission includes a damper which has a damper characteristic adapted to a low speed select state of the auxiliary transmission, and which is... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7159480 | Pinion slip-off preventive structure of starting apparatus A pinion slip-off preventive structure of a starting apparatus is provided in which a bearing applied to a snap ring 17 can be decreased to make the snap ring 17 less prone to being worn out and damaged, thus preventing the snap ring 17 from sli... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7040184 | Starter A starter capable of preventing the slippage of a clutch at engine starting and of transmitting a higher torque. In the starter, a power transmission device is integrated with a carrier for supporting a planetary gear of a reduction assembly and an output shaft is h... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6993989 | Starting apparatus A starting apparatus includes a drive motor and a reduction gear having a planetary gear for starting an engine by the drive motor via the reduction gear. An internal gear of the reduction gear includes a locking projection projecting in an axial direction. A rotati... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6963144 | Starter having pinion-rotation-restricting member for use in automotive vehicle A pinion gear of a starter is engaged with a ring gear of an internal combustion engine by restricting rotation of the pinion gear while driving a motor at a low speed. After the engagement is established, the motor is driven at a full speed by supplying a full curr... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957594 | Starter having helical ventilation groove in tube In a starter, a cylindrical tube is slidablly engaged with an outer peripheral surface of an output shaft through a bearing in an axial direction. A front end of the tube, which supports a pinion, is closed to define an enclosed space between the front end of the tu... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6948392 | Inertia drive torque transmission level control and engine starter incorporating same An engine starter inertia drive that includes a torque transmission level control mechanism is presented. Such torque transmission level control is provided by removing the variations in clutch plate compression force conventionally introduced by the shock absorbing... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935202 | Starter An inertia-drive starter is proposed, in the case of which a relay is not required to engage the pinion in the flywheel ring gear (47) of an internal combustion engine. With this starter, a pushing-forward of the driven shaft (33) to engage a pinion ( | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931953 | Starter having small diameter front housing for installation from transmission side In a starter, a front side bearing is provided between a one-way clutch and a pinion combined at a front end portion of a pinion tube. A housing supporting the pinion tube through the bearing has a housing small diameter portion where the inner diameter of the housi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6870278 | Starter for internal combustion engines A starter for an internal combustion engine produces less noise and has a longer life and includes a transmission element for actuating an electric motor. The transmission element has two independently coaxially seated components—a stop pin and an engaging bar. Th... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6845681 | Starter motor having seal member for sealing axial end of housing A front end of a starter motor housing is sealed by a resilient seal member disposed between a bearing and a front end wall of the housing. A shaft carrying a pinion at its front end is rotatably and slidably supported by the bearing in an over hang fashion. The sea... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6817258 | Starter for internal combustion engine A starter for an internal combustion engine includes a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism, a pinion and a pinion drive shaft, a motor, a front housing having a plurality of fastening holes disposed at a circumference and a center casing having approximately th... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6813967 | Starter with driving lever having lever pin To reduce entire length and radial dimension of a starter, the starter includes a driving lever composed of a lever body and a lever pin as a pivot center of the driving lever body. Further, the lever pin is disposed close to a center case in the radial direction. T... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6763735 | Starter device A starter device for starting internal combustion engines having a starter motor (20) that comprises a stator (22) and a rotor (23) as well as a drive shaft (58) as starter components (21), further having a driven element (70 | 07/20/2004 |
| 6753621 | Starter for internal combustion engine A starter for an internal combustion engine is comprised of an armature, a motor case, a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism connected to an armature shaft, a frame and a partition plate disposed between the motor case and the frame. The partition plate has an ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6752032 | Starting apparatus for an internal combustion engine A starting apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an output shaft rotated by an electric motor and a pinion shaft connected to the output shaft by a one-way clutch. The output shaft is connected to the clutch by a helical spline, and the pinion shaft i... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6715374 | Starter motor having leaf spring for driving pinion gear A pinion gear of a starter motor is driven into engagement with a ring gear of an internal combustion engine by a driving lever having a leaf spring upon energization of an electromagnetic actuator. The leaf spring of the driving lever is coupled to a connecting mem... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6443023 | Starter having improved electromagnetic switch An electromagnetic switch for controlling an electric power supply to a starting motor is located in the periphery of one side of an output shaft in a radial direction thereof and coaxially with the output shaft. The electromagnetic switch has a motor con... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6392311 | Starter generator for internal combustion engine A starter generator for an internal combustion engine serving as a starter motor when the internal combustion engine should start and as a generator after the internal combustion engine starts and comprising a magnet rotor and a stator having a plural of ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6389914 | One-axis starter apparatus The invention relates to a one-axis starter apparatus which can eliminate the use of a one-way rotation clutch and simplify the machining of the motor shaft, wherein while the first male helical spline is provided at the tip end of the motor shaft, the in... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6293164 | Rack and pinion steering apparatus and method for manufacturing a helical pinion A method for forming a helical pinion gear (12) for a rack and pinion steering apparatus (10) comprises the steps of: providing a cylindrical first blank (60) made of a deformable material and having an outer surface (68); providing a cylindrical second b... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6222293 | Starter A starter comprises a fixing member which has a cylindrical portion and rotation stoppers on the outer wall of the cylindrical portion and is fixed to a bracket so that its movement in a circumferential direction is limited by the rotation stoppers, a mat... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6169333 | Starter motor drive stop In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for forming a starter motor drive stop includes the steps of forming a splined portion in a starter motor output shaft and forming at least one stop surface. Preferably, the stop surfaces are located in... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6053060 | Two-piece pinion gear A two-piece pinion gear includes a metal outer portion and a plastic inner portion. The metal outer portion includes a plurality of gear teeth that are adapted to be engaged by a driving member. The plastic inner portion preferably includes a spiraled gro... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6035732 | Starter having a ventilation passage A starter for an engine includes a housing. A starter motor in said housing includes a field apparatus including a tubular yoke being provided to form a part of the housing. An annular ventilation passage is provided in the starter defined along an inner ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6020650 | Electromagnetic switch having variable magnetic resistance In an electromagnetic switch for a starter, a plunger is housed to face a grounding plate through an air gap in the inner circumference of an attraction coil. When the attraction coil is energized and magnetic flux flows in the magnetic circuit, the plung... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6000291 | Starting assembly for a lawnmower engine A starter assembly for assisting a user in starting a lawnmower engine includes a base component having two opposing vertical side walls, a vertical rear wall and planar horizontal upper and lower surfaces. A lawnmower may be suspended a predetermined dis... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5956996 | Assembling arrangement for engine starters In an engine starter, to facilitate the assembling of a solenoid assembly, an annular outer peripheral wall is formed in the casing for receiving the energization solenoid assembly and to secure the solenoid assembly by crimping a free end of the annular ... | 09/28/1999 |
