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ENGINE STARTING APPARATUS

  • US 20150316017A1
  • Filed: 04/06/2015
  • Published: 11/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for starting an engine, comprising:

  • a motor;

    an output shaft driven by the motor;

    a pinion provided along an output shaft; and

    an electro-magnetic solenoid device configured to push the pinion axially toward a ring gear of the engine to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and transfer a rotational force generated by energization of the motor from the pinion to the ring gear, thereby starting the engine, the rotational force being referred to as a motor torque,wherein, at starting of the engine in its warmed-up state, the motor torque can continue to be applied from the pinion to the ring gear until at least the second compression stroke even when an engine speed varies.

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