Patent ID: 6813967
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: F02N,Y10T

Abstract:
A starter comprising:a housing; a frame body disposed in the housing; a magnet switch having a plunger having an outer diameter and an end having a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the plunger, the end protruding from the plunger in an axial direction; a driving lever driven by the magnet switch; and a pinion which is made to mesh with a ring gear of an internal combustion engine by displacing the pinion in its axial direction through the driving lever, wherein the driving lever includes a lever pin as a pivot center and a lever body for supporting both ends of the lever pin, wherein the lever pin is disposed outside the frame body in a radial direction of the frame body and laps with the frame body in an axial direction of the frame body, and wherein a distance between supporting positions of the lever body supporting the lever pin is larger than the outer diameter of the plunger contained in the magnet switch.