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Starter motor for internal combustion engines

  • US 20030062800A1
  • Filed: 10/01/2001
  • Published: 04/03/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A rotating electrical machine comprised of an outer housing assembly and a rotor including a rotor shaft journalled therein, said rotor shaft having a drive portion extend outwardly beyond said outer housing assembly for driving relation with another shaft, said outer housing assembly being comprised of a stator shell closed at opposite ends thereof by first and second end caps, said first end cap providing an anti-friction bearing journaling said rotor shaft adjacent said drive portion with said drive portion extending through said first end cap, said first end cap having attachment means for providing a mounting connection to a body that journals the another shaft, said stator shell carrying a plurality of permanent magnets, said rotor having a plurality of windings cooperating with said permanent magnets, a commutator fixed to said rotor shaft at an end thereof spaced from said drive portion of said rotor shaft and in electrical communication with said rotor windings, fasteners for affixing said end caps to each other and to opposite ends of said stator shell, a brush carrier fixed to said stator shell and carrying brushes cooperating with said commutator, and a plain bearing carried by said second end cap for journaling the end of said rotor shaft spaced from said drive portion.

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