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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Remy Technologies, L.l.c., Pendleton, IN (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
REMY TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C., Pendleton, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 15/06 (2006.01); F02N 11/00 (2006.01); F02N 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02N 15/063 (2013.01); F02N 11/00 (2013.01); F02N 15/022 (2013.01); Y10T 74/13 (2015.01);
Abstract
A starter assembly is provided and includes a shaft to transmit rotation to a ring gear via a pinion and including a first helical spline with angling directed reversely with respect to a direction of the rotation and an elastic element anchored on the first helical spline to bias the pinion in an axial direction. The ring gear and the pinion include complementary teeth and the pinion defines a bore with a second helical spline to register with the first helical spline such that the pinion teeth are forwardly rotated into ring gear teeth engagement positions as the shaft moves axially relative to the pinion in the axial direction.