Patent ID: 7472672

Claim:
A starting apparatus for starting an internal combustion engine, which is provided with a flywheel connected to a crankshaft and which has a main body block, comprising: a starting motor for generating a rotational force for starting, upon starting of the internal combustion engine; a ring gear for transmitting the rotational force for starting, from a side of said starting motor to a side of said flywheel; a one-way clutch, which is located between said ring gear and said flywheel, for transmitting the rotational force for starting, from a side of said ring gear to the side of said flywheel and preventing transmission of a rotational force for driving of the internal combustion engine, from the side of said flywheel to the side of said ring gear; a first oil seal for oil-sealing a side, which faces to said main body block, of said ring gear; and a second oil seal for oil-sealing a side, which faces to said flywheel, of said ring gear, said first oil seal being located on an outer side of said second oil seal in a radial direction of said ring gear.