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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 1991
Filed:
May. 11, 1990
Hirokazu Ueno, Himeji, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A starter for an automotive engine wherein the front bracket 9 forming part of the housing of the starter is provided with first and second drainage port 12, 16. An electromagnetic switch a of the starter is situated substantially horizontally, alongside of the motor portion. The first drainage port is formed at the bottom of the switch box portion 10 of the front bracket accommodating the front end portion of the plunger 8a of the electromagnetic switch, to communicate the interior of the switch box portion to the exterior. The second drainage port communicates with to the first drainage port from the interior of the lever box portion 11 which accommodates the fulcrum portion 7a of the lever transmitting the movement of the plunger of the electromagnetic switch to the pinion assembly of the starter axially slidably supported on the output shaft coupled to the rotor shaft of the motor of the starter.