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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7770553 | Manual working machine In order to provide a handheld work machine that does not require expensive start circuitry for the critical start-up phase of the combustion engine, and in which nevertheless the required constant supply voltage for the engine is present in order to achieve optimum... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7370619 | Starter system for internal combustion engine A starter system for a reciprocating internal combustion engine includes an input gear journaled for rotation upon a crankshaft in the engine, and a starter motor which applies a starting torque to an outer periphery of the input gear. A speed-sensitive clutch is in... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367916 | Belt drive for auxiliary units of an internal combustion engine A belt drive for a secondary unit of an internal combustion engine includes a friction wheel drive having a friction wheel, a cam device for adjusting the engagement of the friction wheel to the drive wheel of the secondary unit, the cam device having a cam, a swive... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7270100 | Electric start mini-cultivator An electric starter for a walk-behind, powered, rotary cultivator having a gasoline engine having a crankshaft and a recoil starter connected to the gasoline engine. The electric starter includes an electric motor connected to the crankshaft between the recoil start... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6986332 | Electric starter apparatus and method with multi-stage gearing for starting an internal combustion engine An electric starter apparatus and method with three-stage gearing and method for starting an internal combustion engine. The apparatus includes a starter assembly, a first gear, a second gear, a third gear, a fourth gear and an engine shaft. The starter assembly inc... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6915773 | Lawn mower with power-assisted starter A gasoline-fueled lawn mower has a pull rope that extends from the lawn mower engine and is attached to a pulley. An electrically powered starter motor is brought into engagement with the pulley, so that actuation of the starter motor causes the rope to be drawn out... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6595090 | Tool for manually turning an engine A tool fixture for enabling a mechanic to manually rotate an internal combustion engine which comprises an assembly of components which is placed inside a starter motor housing. The assembled combination of the starter motor housing with the present inven... | 07/22/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5345900 | Engine starter A power starter for a rope started gasoline engine where an end of the crankshaft is modified to have an exterior with transverse pins or clutch surfaces which are engagable with a positive driver surfaces in a socket which is attachable to a power drill.... | 09/13/1994 |
| 4977863 | Air-cooled internal combustion engine having canted combustion chamber and integral crossover intake manifold An air-cooled internal combustion engine, a crankshaft and a camshaft rotatably journalled in the crankcase parallel to one another, and a cast intake valve chamber and cast exhaust valve chamber each cast integrally with the cylinder and communicating wi... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4909200 | Combined manual and power driven engine starter A starter for a general purpose engine has a starting motor with an armature shaft disposed in axial alignment with the engine crankshaft. The armature shaft is coupled via a planetary gear set to an intermediate shaft, also in axial alignment with the en... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4570584 | General-purpose internal combustion engine with vertical crank shaft A general-purpose internal combustion engine has a vertically extending crank shaft. The engine includes intake and exhaust valves disposed in overhead relationship to a cylinder head having an intake passage connected to the intake valve and an exhaust p... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4569315 | Power starter attachment for lawnmowers and other appliances having small internal combustion engines A device for starting small internal combustion engines using a hand-held power drill for rotating the starting device. The device consists of cup attached to the crankshaft of the engine. The upwardly facing open end of the cup has two diametrically oppo... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4531482 | Starting device for gasoline engines A starting device for gasoline engines which may be started by spinning the crankshafts thereof, and comprising a torque transmission device consisting of a male friction cone adapted to be fixed in and turned axially by an ordinary electric drill device,... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4507566 | Starter assembly for gasoline engines A gasoline engine is equipped with an auxiliary driven wheel selectively engageable with a driving wheel on the shaft of an electric motor mounted for movement relative to the gasoline engine and operable from a remote point. A compact housing enables use... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4426961 | Starting arrangement for internal combustion engine A compact recoil starting arrangement for an internal combustion engine wherein the recoil starter mechanism is interposed between a wall of the engine through which the engine output shaft extends and a driving element that is affixed to the outer end of... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4399782 | Device for starting internal combustion engines A device for transmitting power from a power driving unit to a driven member of an internal combustion engine embodies a first power transmitting member having one end adapted to be detachably connected to the power driving unit. A second power transmitti... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4372263 | Apparatus for starting internal combustion engines A hand held electric motor driven drill is coupled by novel means to an internal combustion engine to start the engine. The end of the engine shaft is threaded to receive an elongated nut having a pair of V-shaped slots in its upper end, each slot having ... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4365596 | Engine starting device A quick release starting device for internal combustion engines having a rotary crankshaft is shown. The device includes a case, a sliding shaft vertically disposed within the case, and a compression spring mounted about the shaft inside the case. An exch... | 12/28/1982 |
| 3952718 | Starter apparatus for internal combustion engines A rewind type starter apparatus for an outboard motor is mounted on the side of an internal combustion engine having an inverted cup-shaped flywheel secured to the upper end of the engine crankshaft. A protective cowl encloses the engine, starter and othe... | 04/27/1976 |
