Compact unitary starting motor and charging generator with recessed clutch

• US 4,894,570 A
• Filed: 10/06/1988
• Issued: 01/16/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Kaneyuki, Kazutoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Salce, Patrick R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rebsch, D. L.
• Application Number:
  US07/265,867
• Time in Patent Office: 467 Days
• Field of Search: 74/6, 74/7, 74/7C, 74/8, 74/9, 192/89 B, 123/179 M, 290/38 R, 290/48, 310/68 D, 310/74, 310/78, 310/153, 310/261, 310/263, 310/268, 310/112, 310/113
• US Class Current: 310/113
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 11/04 the motors being associated with current generators
• CPC Class Codes: F02N 15/025 of the friction type
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/108 with friction clutches
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/134 Clutch connection

Abstract

In an engine starting and charging device mounted between an engine body and a clutch, major parts of the clutch 16 are disposed in a recess 25 formed in the axial direction in the end of the revolving-field pole 102a on the clutch side, to decrease the axial length from the engine to the clutch.

Claims

1. A unitary engine starting motor and charging generator device including a plurality of revolving-field poles (102a, 102b) mounted on a crankshaft (8) of an engine and serving as a carrier for a clutch (16) operably coupled between said crankshaft and a transmission drive shaft (17), field coils (103) for exciting said revolving-field poles, an armature core (104) secured on an engine body (13), and an armature coil (105) wound thereabout, characterized in that a first annular recess (25) is formed in the axial direction in an end of said revolving-field poles on a clutch side thereof, a clutch disc (18) which contacts said revolving-field poles, a pressure plate (19) which presses said clutch disc toward the revolving-field poles, and a disc-shaped clutch spring (20) are disposed fully within said recess to attendantly reduce the overall axial length of the device, a second annular, axial recess is formed in an opposite end of said revolving field poles on a crankshaft side thereof, and an elongate crank angle detector (106) is disposed within said second recess in a radial orientation to further reduce the axial length of the device, and wherein said motor and generator are commutatorless.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a field core (111) mounting said field coils and secured on a bracket (12), and wherein said armature core is secured on a housing (14), said bracket and housing being attached to the engine body by common bolts (15).