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AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsPeter Gast, Jonas Forssell, Lars Stenvall, Petter Almhagen
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A starter arrangement for an internal combustion engine the arrangement including a starter motor having a pinion gear coupled to an output shaft, the pinion gear being arranged in constant engagement with a corresponding crank gear of a crank wheel located between an engine block and a flywheel of the engine. The crank wheel is operatively coupled to a crankshaft of the engine via a one-way clutch unit loosely fitted to an end of the crankshaft, the crankshaft including a circumferential slot carrying a clip ring. The one-way clutch unit including a tube shaped hub loosely fitted to an end of the crankshaft, the axial movement of the one-way hub is fixed via a clip-ring in co-operation with a first axially delimiting member and a second axially delimiting member at least partially enclosed by the hub.
A starter arrangement for an internal combustion engine the arrangement comprising:
A method for mounting a one-way clutch unit, included in a starter arrangement for an internal combustion engine, onto a crankshaft, the starter arrangement including a starter motor having a pinion gear operably coupled to a starter motor, the pinion gear in constant engagement with a corresponding crank gear of a crank wheel located between an engine block and a flywheel of the engine, and the crank wheel operatively connected to a crankshaft of the engine via the one-way clutch unit having a tube shaped hub, the method comprising:
A starter arrangement for an internal combustion engine comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.