Engine starting device
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsIsamu Gotoh, Yoshinori Okamoto, Goroei Wakatsuki
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Abstract
An engine starting device for starting an engine by connecting an output member on the side of a spiral spring and an input member on the side of the engine with each other when the force accumulation by the spring is released. A driving member is driven by the output of the engine. An automatic force accumulating operation for the spiral spring is driven by the driving member. A one-way clutch mechanism connects the automatic force accumulating operation means in a winding pressure accumulating mechanism for the spiral spring with each other.
Claims5
An engine starting device comprising:
- an input member mechanically and operably connected to an engine;
- a spiral spring;
- an output member mechanically and operably connected to said spiral spring;
- a driving member operably connected to and driven by said engine;
- automatic force accumulating means operably connected to said spiral spring for accumulating force in said spiral spring;
- said driving member being operably connected to said automatic force accumulating means for driving said automatic force accumulating means;
- a winding pressure accumulating mechanism operably connected to said spiral spring;
- a first one-way clutch means for selectively connecting said automatic force accumulating means with said winding pressure accumulating mechanism;
- means for connecting said output member to said input member when the force accumulated by said spiral spring is released to start said engine;
- a cam provided on an output shaft which is also an input member at the time of starting the engine;
- said automatic force accumulating operation means comprising an intermittently rotating member rocked by said cam;
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- said intermittently rotating member and spiral spring winding pressure accumulating mechanism being connected with each other through a one-way clutch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.