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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6216440 | Starting device for model jet engines A device for starting the engine of model jet engines. The device includes an electric motor with a coupling mechanism, enables the electric motor to be coupled to the turbine and start the turbine in operation and thereafter, decouple from the turbine af... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5271285 | Hydraulic starter A hydraulic starter for gas turbine engines comprises a one piece shaft located in a motor cylinder block and having an internally splined end that extends outside of the cylinder block and is adapted to receive a coupling shaft that in turn engages a tur... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5095865 | Remotely controlled starter for model toy engines A system for remotely starting model toy internal combustion engines, used for propulsion of the model toy, such as an airplane, helicopter, boat, automobile, or other similar vehicles. The starter mechanism being contained in a single case, coupled to a ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4738148 | Starter drive A starter drive is disclosed for a starting system of an internal combustion engine. A pinion is rotatably mounted on the starter motor shaft for engagement with the ring gear on the fly wheel of the engine. A drive sleeve disposed coaxially of the shaft ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4319139 | Starter-motor assembly An internal-combustion starter assembly has a starter motor whose axially displaceable output gear meshes in a forwardly advanced position with an engine gear and which is out of mesh with this engine gear in a backwardly retracted position. Operating mec... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4197885 | Direct cranking starter device A direct cranking starter device for an internal combustion engine has a rotatable driving member to be connected to a starting motor and an overrunning clutch for engaging the driving member to the crankshaft of the engine with a movable shock absorbing ... | 04/15/1980 |
