Abstract: In a starter, the pinion, which is rotated by torque of an electric motor, is slid axially by the plunger of an electromagnetic switch and is pushed against the engine ring gear by a conically coiled compression coil, which allows employment of a small electromagnetic switch. Further, in an electromagnetic switch in which the plunger confronted coaxially with the stationary iron core slidably supporting a rod with a movable contact is moved towards the stationary iron core by electromagnetic force, a conically coiled spring is interposed between the plunger and the stationary iron core in such a manner that the spring is substantially coaxial with the plunger and the iron core, so that the playing of the rod is prevented.

Abstract: A coaxial starter comprises an electric motor housed in a cylindrical yoke, a clutch mechanism for transmitting rotational force of the electric motor to an output shaft disposed on the same axis as an armature shaft of the electric motor, and a front bracket for supporting the output shaft. The yoke of the electric motor is formed of a metal sheet integrally with the front bracket through drawing.

Abstract: A coaxial engine starter comprises an electric motor having an armature winding of a single turn and a hollow armature rotary shaft for generating a rotational force for starting an engine. The starter also comprises an over-running clutch mechanism disposed within the hollow armature rotary shaft for preventing the occurrence of an excessive-speed of the armature and having a pinion having a gear teeth number equal to or less than seven for engaging with a ring gear of an engine upon starting of the electric motor. A solenoid switch is also disposed behind the electric motor for moving a pinion shaft forward and supplying an electric power to the electric motor.

Abstract: An engine starter comprising an electric motor having a hollow armature rotary shaft, a solenoid switch for energizing the electric motor and having a push rod extending into the into the hollow armatur rotary shaft, an output rotary shaft having a pinion disposed on a front end thereof, the output rotary shaft being axially slidable relative to the armature rotary shaft to move the pinion into and out of engagement with an engine ring gear. A clutch outer member of an over-running clutch unit is mounted on the output rotary shaft and is connected to the electric motor for being rotated thereby, and a clutch inner member driven by the clutch outer member through a plurality of rollers is provided with helical splines on its inner circumferential surface.

Abstract: In a starter, the pinion, which is rotated by torque of an electric motor, is slid axially by the plunger of an electromagnetic switch and is pushed against the engine ring gear by a conically coiled compression coil, which allows employment of a small electromagnetic switch. Further, in an electromagnetic switch in which the plunger confronted coaxially with the stationary iron core slidably supporting a rod with a movable contact is moved towards the stationary iron core by electromagnetic force, a conically coiled spring is interposed between the plunger and the stationary iron core in such a manner that the spring is substantially coaxial with the plunger and the iron core, so that the playing of the rod is prevented.

Abstract: An engine starter comprising an electric motor having a hollow armature rotary shaft, a solenoid switch for energizing the electric motor and having a push rod extending into the hollow armature rotary shaft, an output rotary shaft having a pinion disposed on a front end thereof, the output rotary shaft being axially slidable relative to the armature rotary shaft to move the pinion into and out of engagement with an engine ring gear. A clutch outer member of an over-running clutch unit is mounted on the output rotary shaft and is connected to the electric motor for being rotated thereby, and a clutch inner member driven by the clutch outer member through a plurality of rollers is provided with helical splines on its inner circumferential surface.

Abstract: An inertia drive engine starter comprising an electric motor having an armature shaft provided with an axial, bottomed central bore in the front end, a slide output shaft provided with a pinion at the front end thereof and a stopper at the rear end thereof received in the bottomed central bore of the armature shaft, and an overrunning clutch for transmitting the torque of the armature shaft to the slide output shaft. Internal helical splines formed in the inner surface of the inner race of the overrunning clutch and external helical splines formed in the outer surface of the slide output shaft are engaged to transmit the torque of the armature shaft to the slide output shaft and to thrust the slide output shaft to the front when the electric motor is actuated.

Abstract: A starter having an electric motor which has a yoke constituting the magnetic circuit of the motor and the outside portion of the starter, and a bowl-shaped rear cover made of a resin and secured to the rear end of the yoke by longitudinal bolts, wherein each of said bolts comprises a slender portion which extends in parallel with the axis of the starter through a support plate borne at the rear end of the yoke and extending inward in the radial direction of said yoke and has a front part engaged with the front cover of the starter and a rear threaded part projecting out through the insertion hole of the rear cover, and a spacer provided on the slender portion and located in contact with the plate and the inside surface of the end wall of the rear cover at both the ends of the the spacer; and nuts are engaged with the rear threaded parts of the slender portions of the bolts to attach the rear cover to the rear end to the yoke.

Abstract: An engine starter is equipped with a motor having a cylindrical armature rotating shaft (3), a clutch mechanism (15) which transmits the rotational force of the motor, an output rotating shaft (17) which is disposed so as to mesh with the clutch mechanism (15) and be movable in the axial direction, and a solenoid switch (25) which has a moving member (32) which pushes the output rotating shaft (17) in the axial direction by electromagnetic force, the switch also causing a movable contact to contact a stationary contact and supply current to the motor. The output rotating shaft and the front portion of the moving body (32) of the solenoid switch (25) are both inserted into the cylindrical bore of the armature rotating shaft (3) from opposite ends, a sleeve bearing (23) is fit into the cylindrical bore and journals the output rotating shaft (17), whereby a cylindrical engine starter is obtained having a short overall length.

Abstract: A coaxial engine starter comprising an electric motor including a brush assembly, an output shaft with a pinion and slidable relative to the motor and a solenoid switch having a movable iron core for closing and opening switch contacts. A cylindrical member rearwardly extends from the rear end of the brush assembly of the motor to surround a contact operating space in which the switch contacts move and has a rear edge located close to a front end of the movable iron core to define a small clearance therebetween. A shield member is also disposed behind the movable contact and has an outer edge located close to the rear edge of the tubular member and defines a radially small clearance therebetween. Thus, the cylindrical member and the shield member substantially surround the contact operating space and they are in a telescopically movable relationship relative to each other.

Abstract: A coaxial starter in which a motor armature rotary shaft, an axially slidable output rotary shaft having a pinion at its front end and a solenoid switch disposed behind the motor are arranged on a common aixs. A portion of an iron core of the solenoid switch is extended such that the iron core portion journals the armature rotary shaft and separates a space containing a brush and a commutator of the motor from an interior space of the solenoid switch, and that the iron core portion has mounted thereon, through an insulating material, a power source side stationary contact and a brush side stationary contact. Also disclosed is a core and contact terminal assembly for a solenoid switch, comprising a casing containing therein a coil with a bobbin, a plunger slidably inserted into a bush mounted within the bobbin and a disc-shaped core disposed at an axial end portion of the casing.

Abstract: A starter motor which is improved in waterproof performance. The starter motor comprises an output rotary shaft, a stationary frame, a ball bearing secured to the frame, and a clutch pinion moving member mounted in a coaxial relationship to the rotary shaft between an outer periphery of the rotary shaft and the ball bearing for sliding movement over a predetermined distance in an axial direction thereof. The clutch pinion moving member has a pinion at a front end thereof, and an oil seal is mounted at a location on the frame forwardly of the ball bearing and extending toward the clutch pinion moving member to seal a location between the frame and the clutch pinion moving member. The oil seal has a radial section of an L-shape having an axial side and a radial side extending from a front end of the axial side. It may have a plurality of axially extending drain slots or drain holes formed in a circumferentially spaced relationship on an inner periphery of the axial side thereof.

Abstract: An engine starter comprising an electric motor having a hollow armature rotary shaft, a solenoid switch for energizing the electric motor and having a push rod extending into the hollow armatur rotary shaft, an output rotary shaft having a pinion disposed on a front end thereof, the output rotary shaft being axially slidable relative to the armature rotary shaft to move the pinion into and out of engagement with an engine ring gear. A clutch outer member of an over-running clutch unit is mounted on the output rotary shaft and is connected to the electric motor for being rotated thereby, and a clutch inner member driven by the clutch outer member through a plurality of rollers is provided with helical splines on its inner circumferential surface.

Abstract: The coaxial engine starter of the present invention comprises an electric motor having a rotary armature shaft and a yoke, a solenoid switch disposed behind the electric motor, an output rotary shaft disposed in front of the electric motor in an axially aligned relationship, and a planetary speed reduction gear disposed in front of and in axial alignment with the electric motor. The planetary speed reduction gear comprises a sun gear disposed on the motor armature shaft, a plurality of planetary gears disposed around the sun gear and an inner gear disposed around the planetary gears. The output rotary shaft has mounted thereon a pinion gear for engaging with an engine ring gear to be driven.

Abstract: A starter motor having a pinion engageable with a ring gear of an engine to start the engine by the motor. The pinion of the starter motor is the over-hang type which is over-hanging relative to a front housing, and the number of teeth of the pinion is seven.

Abstract: A coaxial type starter device comprises, in axial alignment, an armature rotary shaft for a motor, a rotary output shaft with a pinion at its front end which is supported so as to be slidable in its axial direction, and an electromagnetic switch device attached to the rear end of the motor. Two windows are formed in the end wall of a rear bracket attached to the rear end of the yoke of the motor; two stationary contacts at the power source side and the brush side are arranged at the rear end portion of the motor and project inside of the electromagnetic switch device through the windows; an exciting coil is disposed in the electromagnetic switch device; and a cup-shaped plunger is slidably arranged in the electromagnetic switch device. A rod is axially movable with the plunger and supports movable contacts to be brought into engagement with the stationary contacts, and a cylindrical body is formed at the end wall of the rear bracket to surround the movable contacts.

Abstract: In a starter device of a type having a tubular rotary output shaft is in alignment with the armature shaft of a d.c. motor, and a tubular pinion moving shaft which has a pinion to be meshed with the ring gear of an automobile engine at its one end and receives therein the rotary output shaft, is connectable to the armature shaft by means of an overrunning clutch, the rotary output shaft is a tubular shaft and a movable shaft is disposed in the tubular rotary output shaft so as to be movable in the axial direction in association with the tubular pinion moving shaft, wherein the movable shaft has a stopper which is brought into contact with an immovable part which does not move in at least the axial direction of the starter device when the movable shaft is moved by a predetermined distance.

Abstract: A starter motor with a planetary speed reduction gear in which a bolt for securing an electric motor unit to a front bracket passes at an outer circumference of an internal gear constituting a planetary speed reduction gear. The internal gear is provided in its outer circumference with a recessed groove with its bottom located on a radial axis passing through the center of one of the teeth of the internal gear and extending in the axial direction, and that a stem of the bolt is partly engaged by the recessed groove.

Abstract: A coaxial starter comprising an electric motor which produces torque; a speed reduction planet gear mechanism which transmits the rotation of the armature shaft of the motor so that the rotational speed of the output portion of the mechanism is lower than that of the shaft; an overrunning clutch which transmits the output torque of the mechanism when the clutch is engaged; an output rotary shaft whose rear portion constitutes the inner member of the clutch; a pinion provided on the outside circumferential surface of the output rotary shaft so that the pinion is engaged with the ring gear of an engine as the torque of the output rotary shaft is received by the pinion; an electromagnetic switch provided around the pinion to move the pinion forward and energize the motor; and a spring provided between an actuator, which is moved forward when the switch is energized, and the pinion to push said pinion forward.

Abstract: An engine starter includes a motor having a tubular armature rotation shaft, and a rotation output shaft arranged on one axial end side of the motor coaxially therewith to be axially slidably supported. A clutch mechanism is included for transmitting torque from the armature rotation shaft to a rotation output shaft and an electromagnetic switch which has a shifting member to push the aforementioned rotation output shaft by an electromagnetic force in the axial direction to slidably move it. The switch also brings movable contacts in touch with fixed contacts to supply power to the aforementioned motor. A rear part of the rotation output shaft and the front part of the shifting member are inserted into the armature rotation shaft tube from opposite directions. The shifting member of the electromagnetic switch, the armature rotation shaft and the rotation output shaft are all coaxially arranged to reduce the length of the starter.