Permanently engaged starter system

A permanently engaged starter system for use in a vehicle including a crankshaft, an engine block, and a transmission, said permanently engaged starter system comprising:

• a dual-mass flywheel comprising an engine side primary mass extending along and rotatable about an axis with said engine side primary mass being adapted to be rotatably coupled to the crankshaft, a transmission side primary mass disposed about said axis and rotatably coupled to said engine side primary mass, and a secondary mass disposed about said axis and rotatably coupled to said transmission side primary mass and adapted to be rotatably coupled to the transmission;
• a one-way clutch comprising an outer race disposed about said axis, and an inner race disposed about said axis and disposed between said outer race and said axis;
• and
• a ring gear rotatably coupled to one of said inner race and said outer race of said one-way clutch, with the other of said inner race and said outer race being rotatably coupled to said transmission side primary mass of said dual-mass flywheel;
• wherein said one-way clutch is nested within said dual-mass flywheel with respect to said axis.