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US 2003/0192387 A1Published application
Starter with driving lever having lever pin
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorShinji Andou
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AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorShinji Andou
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To reduce entire length and radial dimension of a starter, the starter includes a driving lever composed of a lever body and a lever pin as a pivot center of the driving lever body. Further, the lever pin is disposed close to a center case in the radial direction. The dimension between supporting positions of both arm portions supporting the lever pin is set large. To provide the waterproof structure of a starter, a projection provided on a lever seal is inserted into a positioning hole of a lever holder in a lever assembly of a starter. Further, a tip of the projection comes in contact with a peripheral surface of a lever pin at a lower side than the center of the lever pin.
A starter comprising:
A starter comprising:
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The toothed gears being moved by axial displacement: the starter comprising an electro-magnetically actuated lever
Machine element or mechanism: machine starters
Machine starters: automatic
Automatic: separate power mesher
Term end not estimated
This application is related to and claims priority from Japanese Patent Applications No. 2000-374971 filed on Dec. 8, 2000 and No. 2000-381264 filed on Dec. 15, 2000, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a starter where a pinion is made to mesh with a ring gear of an internal combustion engine by displacing the pinion in its axial direction through a driving lever.
Additional objects and advantages of the present invention will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments when taken together with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a fragmentary sectional view showing a starter according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2A is a side view showing an arrangement of a driving lever to a center case shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 2B is a front view showing the arrangement shown in FIG. 2A;
Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings.
(First Embodiment)
A first embodiment of the present invention will be now described with reference to FIGS. 1-3.