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Engaging relay for starter devices

  • US 5,677,656 A
  • Filed: 06/19/1995
  • Issued: 10/14/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An engaging relay for starter devices of internal combustion engines, comprising a pull-in winding and a holding winding;

  • switching contacts;

    a contact bridge which cooperates with said switching contacts;

    an armature;

    a linkage arranged so that by switching on said pull-in winding and said holding winding said armature engages via said linkage a pinion of a starter device in a gear ring of an internal combustion engine, and switches on a main circuit of a starter motor of the starter device via said contact bridge which cooperates with said switching contacts;

    a switching bolt actuated by said armature and having an end at which said contact bridge is arranged;

    an auxiliary relay being arranged in said contact space and having a relay contacts such that at least said pull-in winding is switched by said relay contacts;

    means forming a contact space covered by a switch cover having a connecting part and arranged so that said switching bolt projects into said contact space;

    a magnet core which closes said contact space toward said pull-in and said holding windings, said switching bolt projecting through said magnet core and through said auxiliary relay, said auxiliary relay being arranged in said contact space and having a relay winding with one end connected in said contact space to said magnet core which conducts frame potential and with another end is contacted to said connecting part fastened in said switch cover.

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