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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2012
Mitsuba Corporation, Kiryu-shi, Gunma, JP;
Tomohiko Ikemori, Kiryu, JP;
Hiroshi Ooka, Kiryu, JP;
Masaaki Oya, Kiryu, JP;
Shigehiro Kanbe, Kiryu, JP;
Masataka Odagiri, Kiryu, JP;
Mitsuhiro Kogure, Kiryu, JP;
Hiroki Yamada, Kiryu, JP;
Mitsuba Corporation, Gunma, JP;
Abstract
A starter () includes a motor unit (), an output shaft () configured to receive a rotational force of the motor unit () and rotate, a pinion gear () (a pinion mechanism) helically engageable with a ring gear () of an engine, a clutch mechanism () configured to transmit the rotational force of the output shaft () to the pinion gear (), and an electromagnetic device () configured to bias a pressing force toward the ring gear () to the clutch mechanism () and the pinion gear (), wherein a plunger spring () (a backlash absorption mechanism) configured to bring one end () (a point of action) of a plunger inner part () in constant elastic contact with the clutch mechanism () is installed at the electromagnetic device ().