US 2006/0123935 A1Published application

Intermediate geared starter

AssigneeDenso Corporation

InventorShinya Miyake

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Abstract

An intermediate geared starter is provided, which has a pinion shaft, a pinion gear, an intermediate shaft, an Intermediate gear, and a housing. The pinion shaft is rotatable upon receipt of a rotational force from a motor and the pinion gear is supported on the pinion shaft. The Intermediate shaft Is disposed In parallel to the pinion shaft and the intermediate gear is carried by the intermediate shaft and held in meshing engagement with the pinion gear at all times. Further, the housing has a through-bore, to which the intermediate shaft is inserted, which supports one end of the intermediate shaft inserted to the through-bore. The housing has a seal member adapted to block a sliding clearance, which is created between the through-bore and an axial distal end of the intermediate shaft, from the outside of the starter.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An intermediate geared starter comprising:

a pinion shaft rotatable in receipt of a rotational force from a motor;
a pinion gear supported on the pinion shaft;
an intermediate shaft disposed in parallel to the pinion shaft;
an intermediate gear, supported on the intermediate shaft in meshing engagement with the pinion gear at all times, which is axially moveable together with the pinion gear to be brought into meshing engagement with a ring gear of an engine to transfer the rotational force from the pinion gear to the ring gear via the intermediate gear for starting up of the engine;
a housing, formed with a through-bore for insertion of the intermediate shaft, by which one distal end of the intermediate shaft inserted to the through-bore is supported;
and
a seal member provided on the housing to block a sliding clearance, created between the through-bore and the distal end of the intermediate shaft, at an outside of the starter.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.