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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2007
David Eichenberger, Sanford, NC (US);
Darin Thorp, Montpelier, OH (US);
Spencer Zeedyk, Bryan, OH (US);
Steve Diacumakos, Apex, NC (US);
Bill Piekarski, Dunellen, NJ (US);
Jeremy Odell, Bryan, OH (US);
David Eichenberger, Sanford, NC (US);
Darin Thorp, Montpelier, OH (US);
Spencer Zeedyk, Bryan, OH (US);
Steve Diacumakos, Apex, NC (US);
Bill Piekarski, Dunellen, NJ (US);
Jeremy Odell, Bryan, OH (US);
Ingersoll Rand Company, Montvale, NJ (US);
Abstract
A starter includes: a gear housing mounted near an engine to be started; a speed reducing gear assembly within the gear housing; an output member aligned with a movable portion of the engine and rotatable under the influence of the gear assembly to move the movable portion to initiate operation of the engine; a motor housing mounted to the gear housing; and a fluid-driven motor within the motor housing and including a motor shaft rotating at a first speed to drive rotation of the speed reducing gear assembly, such that the output member is driven at a second speed lower than the first speed. The motor housing and motor are serviceable without changing the alignment of the output member relative to the movable portion of the engine.