# US 5,341,697 A · Shift lever supporting device for starter motor

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- Number: US 5,341,697 A
- Document ID: US5341697A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/027,468
- Filed: 1993-03-08
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-03-30
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Shuzo Isozumi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5341697A

## CPC

- F02N 15/067: {the starter comprising an electro-magnetically actuated lever}
- Y10T 74/132: Separate power mesher
- Y10T 74/137: Reduction gearing
- F02N: STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A shift lever supporting device for a starter motor has a support 40 in a cylindrical form which has at its front end a cut groove 40a, a shift lever 34 fitted to the groove at an intermediate portion of the shift lever, a connection pin 36 inserted in the support 40 and the intermediate portion of the shift lever to pivotally support the shift lever, and a packing 37 of rubber fitted to the rear end of the support 40 by interposing a plate 38. The support 40, the plate 38 and the packing 37 are inserted into a hole 6a formed in a front bracket 6, and the rear end of the packing is received by the front end of an intermediate bracket 4 or a yoke.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shift lever supporting device for a starter motor which comprises:
a shift lever (34) having one end engaged with an axially movable hook (33) of an electromagnetic switch, another, opposite end having a stirrup shaped form to straddle an annular groove formed in an overrunning clutch so as to move said clutch in an axial direction, and a pivotally supported intermediate portion, the overrunning clutch being movable forwardly and rearwardly by the pivotal movement of the shift lever under the control of the switch;
a unitary cylindrical support (40; 41; 45) defining, at an axial inner end, a diametrical groove (40a; 41a, 45a) into which the intermediate portion of the shift lever is inserted;
a pivot pin (36) inserted through respective holes individually formed in the support and the intermediate portion of the shift lever to pivotally support the shift lever; and
a packing (37) of resilient material having one end disposed proximate an outer end of the support through an interposed rigid disc (38; 42; 44), wherein the unitary cylindrical support, the disc and the packing are disposed in a cylindrical opening (6a) formed in a front motor bracket (6) having upper and lower slots into which upper and lower arms of the shift lever are inserted, the cylindrical opening facing, in an axial direction, another motor bracket (4) against which another, opposite end of the packing is supported.