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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8006819 | Overrunning decoupler with locking mechanism An overrunning accessory decoupler with a locking mechanism provides the desired overrunning accessory decoupler functionality and also permits torque to be transferred from the accessory to which the decoupler is installed to the drive of the engine when desired. I... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7967121 | Strut based overrunning drives Embodiments of the present invention include strut based overrunning drives that provide one or more of greater durability, lower heat generation, high torque loads carrying capability, and/or ease of end of life assessment. In some embodiments, a drive assembly may... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7770706 | Strut based overrunning pulleys Embodiments of the present invention include strut based overrunning pulleys that provide one or more of greater durability, lower heat generation, high torque loads carrying capability, potentially tunable vibration dampening, tunable to maximum permissible torque ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7445102 | Air turbine starter assembly An aircraft engine starter assembly provides for liquid cooling of the clutch assembly and overrunning engine by integrating a pitot pump in the system. The system includes a starter motor, a torque transfer connection, a clutch assembly and the pitot pump. The torq... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7410445 | Locking mechanism for the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine A locking mechanism (6) is provided to block the internal combustion engine (1) at prepositioned cranking angle after shutting down. Preferably, the crankshaft of the engine is positioned at a crankshaft angle that is favorable for cranking. Prepositio... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7370741 | Engine start roller clutch-housed type rotation transmission device A pair of ball bearings 19, 19 and a roller clutch 20 are provided between the outer peripheral surface of the sleeve 18 fitted and fixed onto the rotating drive shaft of a starter motor and the inner peripheral surface of the pulley element ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357105 | Hydraulic valve driving device and engine including the same and vehicle A hydraulic valve driving device includes a valve actuator operable to drive an engine valve, a hydraulic pump that generates the oil pressure for the valve actuator, a hydraulic pump driving motor that drives the hydraulic pump, and a starter motor. At the time of ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7284745 | Portable raising and lowering device and equipment therefor A raising and lowering device, particularly suitable for incapacitated human or animal patients. The device includes a load carrying support having at least one elongated arm including a proximal end section and distal end section. The arm is pivotable on the device... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7198587 | Transmission with selectable braking one-way clutch A multi-speed transmission is provided with a selectable (reversible) braking one-way clutch operative to brake rotation of a member of a planetary gear set of the transmission when the transmission is in reverse and first speed. First and second rotating input clut... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7143881 | Pulley unit having one-way clutch A pulley is concentrically disposed around a hollow shaft, and a one-way clutch is disposed between the hollow shaft and the pulley. At least one bearing is provided between the shaft and the pulley. In the one-way clutch, a roller as a meshing member and a coil spr... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7112018 | Automatic position-locking tool carrier apparatus and method An automatic position-locking tool carrier apparatus and method include a carriage that rides on a first rail and a second rail translatably connected to the carriage perpendicular to the first rail. Pinion gears that engage with the two rails are attached to the ca... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7032558 | Recoil starter A drive pulley is formed in a cup-like shape one end side of which is integrally formed with a peripheral wall in a cylindrical shape, the peripheral wall in the cylindrical shape of the drive pulley is formed with openings to be engaged with a ratchet member at int... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6971359 | Recoil starter A recoil starter capable of preventing vibration of a damper spring due to vibrations of an engine caused during running of the engine, to thereby restrain abrasion of a rope reel, a cam and the like which are made of a plastic material, resulting in the durability ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6968821 | Model engine starter A model engine starter assembly is provided which is capable of quickly relieving the engagement between the actuator and the coupling pin upon the start of the model engine and includes a starter shaft which carries a starter pin and defines a shaft axis, and a hub... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6918323 | Reversible ratcheting tool with improved pawl A ratcheting tool includes a body and a gear disposed in the body. The gear defines a plurality of teeth on a circumference of the gear so that the gear teeth define a first arc having a first radius. A pawl is disposed in the body so that the pawl is movable latera... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6857331 | Structure of an engine starter of a remote-controlled car A structure for a starter (driver) of a miniaturized remote control model car engine is able to perform perfect separation of the starter shaft from the engine as soon as the engine has built up its normal speed with the aid of the slanted surface and chamfered edge... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6796413 | One-way clutch A one-way clutch of the invention includes an inner race supported for rotation on a power transmission shaft, an outer race concentrically surrounding the inner race, and torque transmitting members interposed between the inner race and the outer race and capable o... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6766890 | Starter mechanism for an internal combustion engine A starter mechanism for an internal combustion engine for a motor-driven, manually-guided implement is provided. A clutch drum is rotatably mounted about a journal pin on a housing of the implement. The clutch drum is fixedly connected with a carrier of a ratchet fo... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6397808 | Engine starter having traction-drive type reduction gear and torque transmitting device for linking the reduction gear and driven shaft of engine An engine starter for preventing undesirable noises is disclosed, which is applicable to a vehicle employing an idle stop system. The starter comprises a starter motor; a traction-drive type reduction gear connected to the starter motor and positioned bet... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6363901 | Pull starter for engine An outboard motor has a quieter operating recoil starter arrangement. The recoil starter has a starter drum with a dog clutch arrangement having two dog cam members. The dog cam members rotate between an initial position and an extended position under the... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6167858 | Crank pulley for recoil starter A crank pulley for a recoil starter is disclosed, in which a touching nail 12 is integrally provided in a recoil starter side by a press forming process in a shape of a protrusion. The touching nail has an L shape by bending in a reverse rotation directio... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6142028 | Starter motor with speed reduction mechanism A starter is composed of an output shaft, a pinion having an outer gear slidably disposed on the output shaft, a planetary gear-type speed reduction mechanism, a one-way clutch having clutch outer linked with the planetary gears, a clutch inner linked wit... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6109122 | Starter motor assembly A starter motor assembly is provided. A motor housing encloses an electric motor having a rotatable armature shaft. A planetary gear assembly is provided in a pinion housing, including planetary gears, a planet carrier, and a drive shaft. A pinion is enga... | 08/29/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5853072 | Free-running device for starting mechanism of internal combustion engine A free-running device for starting mechanisms of internal combustion engines has a cup-shaped driver having a cup edge and a cup bottom, clamping members through which the cup edge is cooperatable with a hub of the internal combustion engine, the cup edge... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5842548 | One-way clutch When an assembly in which a sprag is temporarily assembled to a retainer by a return spring is assembled between an outer race and an inner race, even if the sprag projecting from the retainer is depressed, a drop-out of the sprag is prevented by a retain... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5823048 | Starter for an engine An engine starter includes an electric driving motor having a drive shaft; a transmission pinion coupled to the drive shaft; a starter pinion meshing with the transmission pinion; and a swiveling device mounted on the drive shaft for pivotal motion therea... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5779015 | One-way clutch having improved spring accomodating chamber A one-way clutch having an outer member and an inner member accommodates a plurality of rollers and compression coil springs therein. A plurality of seats are formed on the outer member to receive one end of the coil springs respectively thereon and each ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5715783 | Recoil starter There is provided a recoil starter for starting an internal combustion engine which has a simple and compact structure with a reduced number of parts and which can be manufactured at a reduced cost. In a recoil starter wherein a shaft portion 2' having a ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5617758 | Permanent magnet starter In a permanent magnet starter, a pinion clutch is smoothly engaged with a rotating shaft of an electric motor through a helical spline. A rotation restraint member is arranged at an outer periphery portion and this rotation restraint member is forcibly ar... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5533415 | Starter apparatus for an internal combustion engine The starter apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a starter motor; an axially shiftable starting gear engageable with a ring gear of the internal combustion engine; a drive train for transferring rotary motion of a drive shaft of the starte... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5529159 | Disengageable free wheel A disengageable free wheel includes a shaft and a ring which can rotate only in a free direction with respect to the shaft. The free wheel includes a motor for rotating the shaft in its free direction, whereby the ring can rotate at most as fast as the sh... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5513607 | Starting apparatus for an internal combustion engine Starting device for an internal combustion engine including a rope pulley (10), a freewheel coupling having a driving coupling part on the pulley, and a driven coupling part on a flywheel of the engine. The driving coupling part includes a ratchet wheel (... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5474152 | Lubrication system for a starter clutch assembly A lubrication system for an overriding starter clutch assembly includes an axial input passage through the clutch shaft to radial passages supplying the oil to the inlet of the clutch working unit. A centrifugal pump created by vanes in the clutch housing... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5370008 | Starter coupler for an internal combustion engine In an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft and a cranking motor for turning the crankshaft to start the engine, a coupler is attached to the crankshaft and serves as a carrier for a ring gear that is engaged by the cranking motor. The coupler, i... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5355982 | Starter drive for internal combustion engines A starter drive for use in machine-building and more specially in transport machine-building for starting internal combustion engines. The starter drive is with a simplified construction, increased reliability and loading capacity. The starter drive consi... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5351565 | Engine starter In an engine used for a portable working apparatus such as a brush cutter, there are arranged a drive gear rotated by a starter motor, and a driven gear engaging with the drive gear and connected to a crankshaft through a nonreturn clutch. The driven gear... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5349877 | Method of making a starter head for an internal combustion engine, and a starter head made by such a method A starter head for an internal combustion engine features a starter pinion, a driving head, two half rings and a securing cap. In a method of making this starter head: a set of chamfers is formed on the outer periphery of the securing cap so as to form, b... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5328009 | Engine starter drive shaft lubricator A lubricator for lubricating the drive shaft of engine starting apparatus. The lubricator has a housing that is comprised of two plastic parts that are secured together by means of locking arms that are integral with one of the parts and which engage the ... | 07/12/1994 |
