Patent ID: 6076413
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: F02N,Y10T

Abstract:
A motor vehicle starter, comprising: an electric motor having a motor output shaft; a speed reducer coupled to the motor output shaft, wherein the motor output shaft drives the speed reducer; and a start output shaft for driving a starter head in rotation, the speed reducer comprising an epicyclic gear train including a crown wheel having internal teeth and at least one annular friction surface on a transverse friction face of the crown wheel, a cylindrical casing including a transverse plate, and a friction type torque limiting device for coupling the crown wheel in rotation to the casing, the torque limiting device being interposed axially between the crown wheel and the transverse plate, and including the at least one friction surface of the crown wheel, the at least one friction surface being biased into axial engagement against a reaction surface, the reaction surface being coupled to the casing.