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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Sven Hartmann, Stuttgart, DE;
Juergen Gross, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Sven Hartmann, Stuttgart, DE;
Juergen Gross, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/08 (2006.01); F02N 15/02 (2006.01); F02N 15/04 (2006.01); F02N 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 11/0855 (2013.01); F02N 11/0844 (2013.01); F02N 15/022 (2013.01); F02N 15/046 (2013.01); F02N 15/063 (2013.01); F02N 15/067 (2013.01); F02N 2200/022 (2013.01); F02N 2200/041 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is described for engaging a starting pinion of a starting device with a ring gear of an internal combustion engine, the starting pinion having a peripheral speed and the ring gear having a peripheral speed, the starting pinion being pushed forward axially along its axis of rotation, the starting pinion making contact with the ring gear at a peripheral speed which is lower than the peripheral speed of the ring gear.