Patent ID: 8850909

Claim:
A starting system for a hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine having a crankshaft rotatably supported within an engine block, the starting system comprising: a starter motor; a pinion gear driven by the starter motor; a drive plate having a set of teeth in constant meshed engagement with the pinion gear; and a one-way clutch assembly adapted to drivingly interconnect the drive plate and the crankshaft, the clutch assembly including an inner race adapted to be fixed for rotation with the crankshaft, an outer race fixed for rotation with the drive plate and having circumferentially spaced apart cam surfaces, and a plurality of rollers positioned radially therebetween, the clutch assembly also including a cage for positioning the rollers in circumferentially spaced apart alignment with the cam surfaces and a split ring being positioned within grooves formed on each of the inner race and the outer race, wherein the split ring is closely fitted within one of the grooves at a first clearance and fitted within the other of the grooves at a predetermined second clearance at least ten times the first clearance to isolate the outer race from vibrations of the inner race.