Patent ID: 6443023
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: F02N,Y10T

Abstract:
A starter comprising:a starting motor having an armature to generate rotational force when supplied with electric power through a brush slidable in contact with a commutator positioned at one axial end of the armature; an epicycle reduction gear, positioned at one axial end of a rotation shaft projecting axially from the commutator, for reducing a rotation speed of the armature; an output shaft coaxial with the rotation shaft and rotatable by a rotational force of the epicycle reduction gear; a pinion-moving member having a pinion engageable with a ring gear of an engine and axially movable on the output shaft along a helical spline; and an electromagnetic switch having a motor contact connected with the brush for controlling electric power supply to the brush the electromagnetic switch being positioned radially outside an outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft axially between the commutator and the epicycle reduction gear and coaxially with the rotation shaft.