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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1999
Akira Kuragaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Shiroyama, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The commutator is disposed within the case of the starter motor at the end nearest to the pinion, an arc-shaped recess is formed in the outer circumferential wall of the case radially outside the commutator so as to indent between the brushes, and the electromagnetic switch is accommodated in the arc-shaped recess so as to be positioned radially outside the commutator and between the end surface of a core portion of the armature nearest to the commutator and the end surface of the over-running clutch nearest to the commutator, with the central axis thereof generally parallel to the rotor shaft, and with part thereof positioned radially inside the outer circumferential surface of the starter motor.