Patent ID: 6286378
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: F02N,Y10T

Abstract:
A starter comprising:an output shaft driven by an electric motor; anda plunger, an exciting coil, and an over-running clutch coaxially arranged on the output shaft, the exciting coil being excitable to attract the plunger so that the motor can be driven, the over-running clutch having a thrust spline spline-connected to the output shaft and being movable in an axial direction to a position in which a pinion of the over-running clutch meshes with a ring gear;wherein elastic means and transmission means are disposed between the inner circumference of the plunger and the outer circumference of the output shaft, the transmission means contacting the rear end of the thrust spline to transmit an elastic force of the elastic means to the thrust spline;wherein pressing means is fixedly secured to the inner circumference of the rear side of the plunger, the pressing means (1) pressing the elastic means and moving the over-running clutch toward the ring gear via the elastic means, the transmission means, and the thrust spline, and (2) causing the pinion to mesh with the ring gear by the elastic force of the elastic means after the end surface of the pinion contacts the end surface of the ring gear.