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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsunori Yagi, Tokyo, JP;
Hirohide Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Seta, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhide Nishii, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Kusumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/04 ; H02K 1/100 ; H02K 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 9/04 ; H02K 1/100 ; H02K 5/00 ;
Abstract
The brush device of a starter with an overheat protection device of the present invention is provided with brush holders, brushes slidably supported in the brush holders, respectively, springs contacting one sides of the brushes to press the brushes in the radial, inner directions, and thermostats disposed on the brushes and adapted to interrupt energization of a starting motor with a power when the brushes exceed a predetermined temperature, caused by the starting motor continuously energized with the power supply.