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Noise-optimized starter device

US9157408B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 2010
Grant dateOct 13, 2015
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02N2250/08
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a starter device (10) for cranking an internal combustion machine in a vehicle, having a pinion shaft (202) comprising a cranking pinion (22) at the front end and a pinion shaft (204) at the opposite end, slidingly guided and supported on a drive shaft (44) of the starter device (10) and received in a bearing by a bearing shell (210) of the starter device (10), characterized in that the cranking pinion (22) has a solid lubricant coating (216) at least in the area of the circumferential toothing (143).

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