Patent ID: 11004642

Abstract:
The invention relates to a switching device (10) of a starting device for an engine, comprising: —two terminals (11, 12) of a supply electrical circuit of a motor; a solenoid device (13) having an axis (14) and comprising: —a solenoid coil (16) wound around said axis (14); —a plunger (17) which is partially housed in the solenoid coil (16) and which includes a core (18) and a contact plate (21); wherein, when electric current passes through the solenoid coil (16), the plunger (17) is caused to move axially from an inactive position to an active position, thereby moving a pinion gear of the motor into engagement with a ring gear of the engine, in which active position the contact plate (21) is in contact with the terminals (11,12) for closing the motor supply circuit; —a relay (30) having an axis and comprising: —a relay coil (36); —a movable member (31) which, when electric current passes through the relay coil (36), is caused to move from an open position in which electric current cannot pass through the solenoid coil (16), to a closed position in which electric current is made to pass through the solenoid coil (16); the solenoid device (13) and the relay (30) having one and the same axis (14).