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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1978
Rene Pouget, Levallois, FR;
Aciers et Outillage Peugeot, Audincourt, FR;
Abstract
The device comprises an electric motor having a planar airgap the rotor of which constitutes a flywheel capable of being coupled frictionally with a plate rigid with the shaft of the heat engine to be started. For this purpose, the motor is axially movably mounted in a case between an uncoupled position to which it is biased by a spring and a position in which it is coupled with the plate. The motor is brought to the latter position by the excitation of a clutch coil carried by the rotor and exerting a force of attraction between the rotor and the plate in opposition to the action of the spring. Owing to its small axial overall size, this device requires only a low electric power and may be adapted to mopeds.