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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Hiroaki Kitano, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Kurishige, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Kamei, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Odahara, Tokyo, JP;
Naohito Kaneda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Kitano, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiko Kurishige, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Kamei, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Odahara, Tokyo, JP;
Naohito Kaneda, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an engine starting device enabling the meshing engagement of a pinion gear and a ring gear to be quickly and quietly achieved in an automatic idle-stop system while an engine is rotating by inertia. The engine starting device includes: a ring gear connected to a crankshaft of an engine; a starter motor for starting the engine; a pinion gear for transmitting rotation of the starter motor to the ring gear; pinion-gear moving portion for moving the pinion gear so as to achieve meshing engagement with the ring gear; and starter control portion for executing any one of a plurality of control modes.