Patent ID: 9482200
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: F02N

Claim Text:
1. A starter comprising: an output shaft configured to rotate by receiving a rotating force of a motor; a pinion mechanism slidably provided on the output shaft, the pinion mechanism configured to be linkable with a ring gear of the engine and configured to transfer the rotation of the output shaft to the ring gear; and an electromagnetic equipment configured to supply and cutoff power to the motor, the electromagnetic equipment configured to bias a pressing force on the pinion mechanism toward the ring gear, wherein the pinion mechanism comprises: a pinion inner provided on an outside of the output shaft and being slidable along the output shaft; a pinion provided concentrically with the pinion inner outward in a radial direction and capable of meshing with the ring gear; and a pinion spring disposed between the pinion and the pinion inner to bias the pinion toward the ring gear, wherein the pinion is formed with a pinion-side helical external teeth which has a twisting angle and is capable of meshing with the ring gear and a pinion-side helical internal teeth which has a twisting angle and is capable of meshing with the pinion inner, wherein the pinion inner is formed with a pinion inner-side helical external teeth which has a twisting angle and is capable of meshing with the pinion side helical internal teeth, wherein the pinion-side helical external teeth is configured such that, upon when the ring gear meshes with the pinion, a thrust load is generated on the pinion in a direction away from the ring gear when the rotating speed of the pinion is lower than that of the ring gear, and upon when the ring gear meshes with the pinion, the thrust load in a direction approaching to the ring gear is generated on the pinion when the rotating speed of the pinion is higher than that of the ring gear, wherein the pinion-side helical internal teeth and the pinion inner-side helical external teeth are configured such that, upon when the ring gear meshes with the pinion, a thrust load in a direction approaching to the ring gear is generated on the pinion when the rotating speed of the pinion is lower than that of the ring gear, and wherein, upon when the ring gear meshes with the pinion, the thrust load in a direction away from the ring gear is generated on the pinion when the rotating speed of the pinion is higher than that of the ring gear.