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US 5,853,072 AGranted
Free-running device for starting mechanism of internal combustion engine
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsSiegfried Schustek, Manfred Ackermann
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Abstract
A free-running device for starting mechanisms of internal combustion engines has a cup-shaped driver having a cup edge and a cup bottom, clamping members through which the cup edge is cooperatable with a hub of the internal combustion engine, the cup edge at least in the region of the clamping members having no mechanical connection to the cup bottom.
Claims9
A free-running device for starting mechanisms of internal combustion engines, comprising a cup-shaped driver having a cup edge and a cup bottom;
- clamping members through which said cup edge is cooperatable with a hub associated with the internal combustion engine;
- a ring wall which surrounds said cup edge and is connected with said cup bottom, said cup edge at least in the region of said clamping members having partial gaps so that no mechanical connection is provided between said cup edge and said cup bottom as well as between said cup edge and said surrounding ring wall.
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