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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Youichi Hasegawa, Kasugai, JP;
Sadayoshi Kajino, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Youichi Hasegawa, Kasugai, JP;
Sadayoshi Kajino, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 3/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An engine starter equipped with an impact absorber. The impact absorber is arranged between a planetary gear train and an overrunning clutch of the starter. The absorber includes a friction plate which is disposed between a clutch outer and a carrier plate of the overrunning clutch and urged elastically into frictional abutment with the carrier plate. This structure eliminates the need for installing the friction plate on an internal gear of the planetary gear train, thus permitting the internal gear to be reduced in size.