Starting device for internal combustion engines
US5243866A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 26, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/20636
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The starting device includes a starting pinion mounted on a thrust rod and movable between a disengaged and engaged position with an internal combustion engine; a movable switching bolt located in a solenoid; a sphere mounted at an end face of the switching bolt closest to the thrust rod; a disc and a spring device arranged between the sphere and the end face of the switching bolt, the spring device being located between the disc and the end face, and a holding device for retaining the sphere on the end face of the switching bolt. The holding device includes a sleeve-shaped section accommodating the sphere, an end of the sleeve-shaped section being structured as a stop for the disc and the spring device and the disc being located in a recess provided in the end face of the switching bolt so that the spring device presses the disc elastically against the end of the sleeve-shaped section acting as the stop for the disc and the sphere is held in the holding device rotatably, but substantially free of play and substantially free of pressure from the spring device.
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