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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1996
Tsutomu Shiga, Nukata-gun, JP;
Nobuyuki Hayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Masanori Ohmi, Anjo, JP;
Yasuhiro Nagao, Okazaki, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a starter with a planetary gear speed reduction mechanism, a first output shaft retaining member (retaining member 10, washer 20) and a second output shaft retaining member (pinion retaining ring 250) are mounted on an output shaft 220 in such a manner as to sandwich from axially front and rear directions a bearing support portion of a housing 400 which supports one end of the output shaft 220, so that a thrust load in the frontward and rearward directions of the output shaft 220 is received at the front and rear end faces of the bearing support portion of the housing 400. Therefore, the axially rearward movement of the output shaft 220 is regulated assuredly without regulating it by the rear end face of the center bracket 360 and the mortor partition wall 800, thereby preventing deformation of the center bracket.