Motor vehicle starter equipped with a thermal protection system

A starter for a heat engine of a motor vehicle comprising:

• at least one electromagnetic switch comprising a positive output terminal;
• and
• at least one electric motor, said electric motor comprising:
• a stator comprising coils, each of the coils being wound around a pole piece to form a pole,
• at least one brush cage,
• at least one positive brush mounted in said brush cage,
• an electrical path between said positive brush and the positive output terminal, and
• at least one thermal protection located in said electrical path,
• wherein said thermal protection is configured to disconnect two of a plurality of elements when the thermal protection has a temperature above a temperature threshold for electrically disconnecting said positive output terminal with respect to said positive brush, and
• wherein at least one other of the plurality of elements of said electrical path is a fuse configured to melt above a predetermined current, wherein said thermal protection and said fuse are two separate elements.