Patent ID: 7721613
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: B25B,F02N,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of mounting a retaining ring on a rotating electric starter shaft of an electric starter drive assembly, wherein the electric starter drive assembly comprises: a reducing gear coupled to the shaft and comprising a protuberance, wherein the starter drive assembly comprises: wherein the retaining ring is a rear stop arranged on the shaft, and wherein the shaft comprises a front stop, the front and rear stops being spaced apart thereon to define a course along which the starter drive assembly slides between a rest and a working position of the pinion, while being engaged on the toothed ring, an angular positioning channel provided on a rear end of the shaft for insertion of the retaining ring which forms the rear stop, wherein the electric starter drive assembly comprising the pinion, the self-disengaging coupling device, and the reducing gear is introduced in a housing of an electric starter, after the retaining ring is placed in the positioning channel, starting from a configuration in which the positioning channel is recessed from the protuberance of the reducing gear in a service area with no radial access, the method comprising: