Patent ID: 8826878
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: F02N

Abstract:
1. A starter for an internal combustion engine, the starter comprising: a stationary member; an output member adapted for starting the engine; a first planetary gear set and a second planetary gear set, wherein each of the respective first and second planetary gear sets includes a first, a second, and a third gear member, and each of the respective first and second planetary gear sets is operatively connected to the output member, and wherein one of the first, second, and third gear members of each of the first planetary gear set and the second planetary gear set is a ring gear; and a motor operatively connected to the first gear set and to the second gear set for driving the output member; wherein the third gear member of the first planetary gear set and the third gear member of the second planetary gear set are each operatively connected to the output member.