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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Applicant:
Attila Nagy, Fishers, IN (US);
Inventor:
Attila Nagy, Fishers, IN (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 15/04 (2006.01); F02N 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 15/02 (2013.01); Y10T 74/137 (2015.01); F02N 15/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A starter motor includes a housing, a planetary gear assembly, and a plurality of detents. The housing defines an interior space. The planetary gear assembly is at least partially positioned in the interior space and includes a plurality of planetary gear components. The planetary gear components include a sun gear, an annulus, a plurality of planet gears, and a planetary gear carrier. The plurality of detents is configured to releasably retain a rotational position of a component of the planetary gear components relative to the housing. Each of the detents includes a biasing member and a bearing member.