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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8166947 | Recoil starter According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recoil starter including: a case having a reel supporting shaft; a rope reel having: a tubular shaft portion; an engaging portion; a rope housing groove to house a recoil rope; and a spring housing... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8132553 | Recoil starter system A recoil starter system and method. The system may include a drive member, a pulley member, and a spring member. The drive member may include a first retainer, and the pulley member may include a second retainer, the retainers being engageable to connect the drive m... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7963266 | Starter apparatus for an internal combustion engine A starter device for an internal combustion engine (10) has an actuating device and an entrainer (24) can be coupled to the crankshaft (13) of the engine (10). The entrainer (24) and the actuating device are rotatably journalled ab... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7882817 | Engine starting system and method An engine starting system includes a recoil starter with a recoil rope having a mark formed thereon, defining a predetermined length of the recoil rope required to turn a crankshaft from a compression stroke top dead center position to a start-operation-initiating p... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7810465 | Power-storage-type engine starting system A power-storage-type engine starting system includes a coil spring for storing power to be used in starting the engine. An end of a crankshaft is configured to pass through a cylindrical shaft part and is passed through a one-way clutch attached to inside of an assi... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7806097 | Starter device for a motor driven machine The invention pertains to a device for starting an internal combustion engine for handheld equipment such as chain saws, lawn mowers, lawn trimmers and the like, or for vehicles such as mopeds, boats or miniature aircraft. The starting device features an output elem... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7770554 | Recoil starter A recoil starter includes a base plate that has a bearing portion formed therein and a rotary shaft that is supported by the bearing portion so as to pass through the base plate. A rope reel is rotatably supported at one side of the base plate, and a recoil rope is ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7748360 | Handheld electric starter for engines and method of use An apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine having a manual recoil starter and starter rope comprises a casing that houses a motor, a source of power, a gear reducer assembly and a spool assembly. The spool assembly includes a spool that adapted to recei... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7712448 | Internal combustion engine with starter device An internal combustion engine has a starter device, wherein the starter device has a drive member and a driven member and a locking mechanism for coupling the drive member and the driven member to one another for starting the internal combustion engine. The locking ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7658176 | Starter device A starter device for an internal combustion engine has a drive element and a output element. The drive element enables driving the starter device in rotation. The output element is supported rotatably about an axis of rotation and has a coupling device for releasabl... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7458355 | Recoil starter A recoil starter includes: a rope reel on which a recoil rope, one end of which is held on an outside of a starter case, is wound and which is fitted turnably on a reel pivot formed on an inside of the starter case; a recoil spring that turns and energizes the rope ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7409949 | Ignition housing for internal combustion engine A two-stroke internal combustion engine including a molded ignition housing connected to the crankcase of the engine which protects the electric generator of two-stroke internal combustion engine. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409942 | Recoil starter A recoil starter includes: a rope reel; a cylindrical cam; a coil spring; a reel spindle; an extending cylindrical portion; a recess; a hook; an engaging groove; an inner annular portion; and an outer annular portion, wherein: the extending cylindrical portion is in... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370623 | Engine-powered tool with a tube for guiding a starter pull rope A tool with an engine, a shaft, and a recoil starter pulley coupled to the shaft for rotation about an axis. A starter pull rope for winding and unwinding around the recoil starter pulley. An air chamber shroud extending about at least a portion of the pulley, the r... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363886 | Power unit To achieve improved cooling in a power unit, a first fan is coupled with an end of a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine to cool at least a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, and a second fan is coupled with another end of the crankshaft to cool at ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363885 | Combustion engine having unitary structure of cooling fan and starter pulley A combustion engine according to the present invention has a unitary fan-pulley assembly (F), in which a cooling fan (8) and a starter pulley (9) are formed integrally with each other. The cooling fan (8) is fixed to a crankshaft (1). The... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7343891 | Starting device for a model engine A starting device for a model engine includes an electric-operation unit and a rope-operation unit. The electric-operation unit consists of an engage wheel having engage teeth elastically engaged thereon, and a starting shaft slidably fitted at the outer side of the... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7334551 | Combustion engine pull cord start system A pull-cord start system has a recoil pulley coupled to a crankshaft of a combustion engine and a pull-cord wound about the recoil pulley which is pulled by an end user to rotate the recoil pulley and thereby start the engine. A throttle override device of the pull-... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331321 | Handheld electric starter for engines and method of use An apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine having a manual recoil starter and starter rope comprises a casing that houses a motor, a source of power, a gear reducer assembly and a spool assembly. The spool assembly includes a spool that adapted to recei... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7287505 | Starting device for internal combustion engine In order to improve a pull-rope type starting device (100) for an one internal combustion engine, having at least one rope drum (4) which is rotatably held in a housing (1), wherein said starting device, for generating the drive torque for the m... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275508 | Combustion engine pull-starter A pull-starter for a combustion engine of an engine-powered apparatus having a startup element automatically actuated upon initial pulling of a pull-cord. The pull-cord is attached to and wound around a recoil pulley, routed at least partially around a portion of a ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267091 | Dynamic effortless pull starting An energy storing recoil starter includes a buffering component to reduce a pull effort when starting an engine. The energy storing recoil starter includes a starter housing coupled to an engine shaft of the engine and a starter pulley. A clutch assembly is coupled ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252065 | Energy storing starting device An energy-storing starting device for an internal combustion engine includes a starter pulley and a starter spring. A spring housing at least partially houses the starter spring. A toothed housing includes a plurality of ratchet teeth. A pawl member is adapted to pr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252063 | Engine generator A front panel of an engine generator can have a recess including an upper area and a lower area, separated from each other by a partition. A cock operating portion and a choke operating portion can be laterally aligned with each other in the upper area, and a recoil... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246591 | Automatic choke control system for general-purpose engine In an auto-choke system for a general-purpose engine, it is determined whether the operator has operated a combination switch to enable ignition in the engine and based on the result of this determination, the operation of a choke motor (actuator) is controlled to r... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243631 | Pull-start engine with a lubricating unit A pull-start engine includes a crankcase unit, a pull-start unit, a gearbox unit, and a lubricating unit. The crankcase unit includes a crankcase and a crankshaft. The gearbox unit includes a gearbox and a drive shaft. The pull-start unit is sleeved fixedly on the c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240473 | Lawn mower and starter cord guide for use with same A walk-behind lawn mower having a cord guide system for routing a recoil starter cord relative to a handle assembly of the mower. The guide system may include a cord guide operable to hold the starter cord to a non-interfering position such that a rear collection ho... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234431 | Starter device for an internal combustion engine A starter device (1) for an internal combustion engine has a starter drum (4) which acts upon a spring housing (11) when starting. An intermediate spring (10) is arranged in the spring housing (11). One end of the intermediate spri... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7213561 | Recoil starter A recoil starter includes a reel/cam unit defined with a rope reel wound with a starter rope and urged to pivot in a direction of reeling the starter rope, and a cam in a cylindrical shape for transmitting rotation of the rope reel to an output shaft on a side of an... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201130 | Recoil starter A recoil starter enabling a power-driven device to be coupled to a crankshaft of an engine in a state where the recoil starter is mounted to the crankshaft on the same side of the engine as the crankshaft is disposed on. A starter housing is provided on an inside th... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191752 | Energy storing starter assembly An energy storing starter assembly comprising a pulley, a hub and a buffering component. The buffering component provides a resilient connection between the pulley and the hub, and is designed to store and transmit energy between the pulley and the hub. The ends of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191751 | Handle for a pull-rope starter of a motor-driven chain saw The invention entails a handle for a pull-rope starter of a drive motor, especially of a chain saw. The invention includes at least one handle section, at least one fastening section for a starter rope, and a damping for smoothing out force peaks produced in the han... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7174874 | Recoil starter A coil starter formed so that the rotation of a rope reel is transmitted to a cam member via a coil spring-like damper spring both ends of which are engaged with the rope reel and cam member respectively, wherein the rope reel or cam member is provided with a boss p... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7140341 | Energy storing starter assembly Energy storing starter assembles include a hub, a pulley, and a torsion spring adapted to resiliently link the hub to the pulley. The torsion spring includes a first end portion adapted to be linked to the hub and a second end portion adapted to be linked to the pul... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134418 | Four-stroke internal combustion engine A four-stroke internal combustion engine is provided that is capable of use in many power tools, including those power tools subjected to tippable applications. The engine includes an oil reservoir and a crank chamber separated by a divider. The divider includes a s... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128041 | Recoil starter A recoil starter in which a side face of a rope reel is formed with a ring-like recess portion for containing a damping force storing member, a boss portion of a cam is contained at inside of the ring-like recess portion and the damping force storing member is conta... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7128040 | Apparatus for preventing cutting of spiral spring for engine starter An apparatus for preventing cutting of a spiral spring for an engine starter includes a rope reel to be rotated by a rope rounded thereon, a spiral spring to be wound up by the rope reel in order to accumulate a power therein, an engine starting pulley driven by the... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114479 | Cable-pull type engine starting device An engine starting device includes a starting unit, a clutch unit and a transmission unit, all of the three units being installed on the same axle. The starting unit and the clutch unit are connected with each other by friction therebetween and the friction is appli... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7096842 | Rope-operated actuator for an engine starter A rope-operated actuator for an engine starter includes a cover with a shaft, a spool wheel sleeved rotatably on the shaft, a rope connected to the spool wheel for driving the spool wheel, a rope-rewinding member for rewinding the rope on the spool wheel, a pawl-dri... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093577 | Recoil starter A damper spring having a torsion coil spring-like shape is placed on outer peripheries of bosses respectively formed on a rope reel and a cam. The ends of the damper spring are engaged with the rope reel and the cam, respectively, so that the rope reel and the cam a... | 08/22/2006 |
