Patent ID: 7584676
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: F02N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A starter comprising: a gear housing mounted near an engine to be started; a gear within the gear housing; an output member in alignment with a movable portion of the engine and rotatable under the influence of the gear to move the movable portion to initiate operation of the engine; a motor housing mounted to the gear housing; a fluid-driven motor within the motor housing and including a motor shaft driving rotation of the gear; a motive fluid inlet adapted to deliver a motive fluid to drive rotation of the motor shaft; a motive fluid outlet mounted to the motor housing and adapted to exhaust the motive fluid to a desired destination; wherein the motor housing defines a service aperture; wherein the fluid outlet is mounted to the motor housing over the service aperture; wherein the motor may be serviced through the service aperture upon removal of the fluid outlet from the motor housing; and wherein the motor housing and motor are serviceable without changing the alignment of the output member relative to the movable portion of the engine.