Patent ID: 6651603
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: F02N,Y02T

Abstract:
A starter system for a vehicle, comprising:a pinion engagable with a ring gear of an engine; a starter motor that rotatably drives the pinion; a biasing means for engaging the pinion with the ring gear; a pinion actuator for disengaging the pinion from the ring gear against a biasing force of the biasing means; a mechanical engaging means which mechanically engages with a member adapted to move integrally with the pinion to keep the pinion disengaged from the ring gear when the pinion is disengaged from the ring gear by the pinion actuator; and a control means for disengagement which causes the pinion actuator to operate during engine start-up, thereby causing the pinion to be disengaged from the ring gear, wherein the pinion is in at least one of an abutting position and a meshing position with the ring gear when the engine is turned OFF.