Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Meiki Engines, Co., Ltd.

Takuya Endo

Akihiro Ishiyama

A starting device for a general-purpose engine according to one embodiment includes: a starter motor; a pinion gear mounted on an output shaft of the starter motor; a camshaft gear mounted on a camshaft; a crankshaft gear mounted on a crankshaft and meshing with the camshaft gear; and a gear assembly configured to transmit a driving force of the starter motor via the pinion gear to the camshaft gear and configured not to transmit a driving force of the camshaft gear to the pinion gear. The pinion gear, the camshaft gear, the crankshaft gear, and the gear assembly are disposed in a crankcase in a state where the pinion gear meshes with a gear included in the gear assembly.

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Tsushima, Japan

Takuya Endo