Patent ID: 6484596
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: F02N,Y10T

Abstract:
A crankshaft driven starter-generator, having internal and external sides, for mounting on a motor block of an internal combustion engine for performing as a starter and a generator, comprising:a stator disposed on said internal side of said starter-generator, said stator being torsionally coupled to the motor block of the internal combustion engine; a rotor disposed on said external side of said starter-generator and drive-coupled with the crankshaft; a carrier coaxially disposed with respect to the crankshaft and drive-coupled to the crankshaft, wherein said carrier is coaxially arranged and torsionally coupled to said rotor; at least one driver, wherein said rotor is supported independently of said carrier, and said rotor is torsionally coupled with said carrier by said at least one driver; and a rotational vibration damper for drive-coupling said rotor with said carrier, wherein said carrier is torsionally coupled with the crankshaft.