Patent ID: 9046069
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: F02N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A starter motor comprising: a housing defining an interior space; a planetary gear assembly at least partially positioned in the interior space and including a plurality of planetary gear components, the planetary gear components comprising a sun gear, an annulus, a plurality of planet gears, and a planetary gear carrier; and a plurality of detents configured to releasably retain a rotational position of a component of the planetary gear components relative to the housing, each of the detents including a biasing member and a bearing member, wherein the component of the planetary gear components defines a plurality of grooves; wherein the biasing members bias the bearing members at least partially into the grooves when a component torque is less than a predetermined torque level; and wherein the rotational position of the component of the planetary gear components remains stationary relative to the housing when the component torque is less than the predetermined torque level.