Abstract: An internal combustion engine of a motorcycle includes an oil filter fixed to a rear portion of a crank case. The crank case accommodates therein an oil pump connected to the oil filter. The oil filter is detachably provided by means of threading engagement with the crank case.

Abstract: A liquid propane gas fuel system includes a propane fuel tank. A two stage pressure regulator defined by a housing with a fuel inlet and a fuel outlet is also included. A first fuel conduit extends from an outlet in the fuel tank to the fuel inlet in the pressure regulator. The system supplies fuel to an engine that includes an exhaust gas manifold. A thermoconductive mounting bracket is secured to the housing of the pressure regulator and manifold to transmit heat from the manifold to the regulator in proportion to the load imposed on the engine. A chokeless carburetor is also included in the system and is in fluid communication through a second fuel conduit with the outlet of the pressure regulator. In an alternative embodiment, a heat exchange ris included in the first fuel conduit. In a second alternative embodiment, an electric heating element is positioned within the housing of the pressure regulator.

Abstract: At least part of upper surfaces of the transmission case and the crankcase is formed as a generally flat surface, on which the generator and the starting motor are arranged in end-to-end facing relation, with their drive shafts disposed parallel with the crankshaft, to thereby reduce the axial size of the engine. The generator is arranged close to the cylinders of the engine, and has a casing in which a forced-air cooling fan is mounted, and which has its peripheral wall provided with port means located at an upper portion and having a downwardly directed opening, and also provided with a through hole at a lower portion. The port means and the through hole are each adapted to effect suction or discharge of cooling air into or out of the casing.

Abstract: A multi-cylinder internal combustion engine is mounted on the frame body of a motorcycle. The engine has a front cylinder block extending forward and a rear cylinder block extending upward so that a V-shaped space is defined between the cylinder blocks. A downdraft carburetor supplies fuel to the front cylinder block and a lateral-draft carburetor supplies fuel to the rear cylinder block. Both carburetors are positioned in the V-shaped space and their air intake ports are in close proximity but offset laterally. The intake pipes to the carburetors have essentially the same length and geometrical arrangement. First and second exhaust systems for the two cylinder blocks are essentially the same length although the exhaust system for the front cylinder block extends under the engine to one side of the rear wheel of the motorcycle and the other exhaust system for the rear cylinder block extends at a higher elevation to the other side of the wheel.

Abstract: In a small tractor, there is provided a suspension system for mounting a small internal combustion engine on the framework of the tractor that includes a pair of vibration-dampening engine mounts substantially on the center of gravity of the engine and an engine mount for the main engine drive shaft. The motor mount for the shaft is incorporated in a pulley device that includes a pulley concentric with but spaced from the shaft so that the vibrations of the shaft and engine are not transmitted to the pulley. The pulley is supported by a journal carried on the tractor frame and the pulley is connected to the shaft through an annular layer of elastomer material that is fixed to rotate both with the pulley and the shaft and which dampens any shaft or engine vibration that might otherwise be transmitted to the pulley and to the frame.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a crankshaft and a balancer shaft. The shafts are rotationally linked to one another, and the crankshaft is linked to a piston. The shafts carry weights to minimize the vibrations caused by the reciprocating motion of the piston. A reinforcing member has two enclosing portions, one for a bearing of each of the shafts, and integrally joins both of said enclosing portions. The reinforcing member is cast into the crankcase wall. Its material is stronger than the material of which the crankcase wall is made. Cracking and wearing of the crankcase wall, especially in the region between the two shafts, is reduced or eliminated, and the wall can be made thinner, and more reliably without cavities.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for precisely positioning a gear plate (10) on the block (12) of an internal combustion engine equipped with an accessory drive gear train (22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 and 36) are disclosed whereby the precise positioning of the gear plate (10) results in the precise alignment of the gears mounted thereon. The present invention achieves this result by utilizing the shafts (56 and 58) of two of the gears (34 and 36) in the gear train as primary and secondary positioning means. Primary and secondary positioning bores (66) are formed in the engine block (12) and in the gear plate (10) and the primary and secondary gear shafts (60) inserted therein to position the gear plate (10) first at a point along a first axis relative to the engine block (12) and secondly at a point along a second axis relative to the engine block (12).

Abstract: The invention comprises an engine-driven auxiliary system for a motor vehicle. At least two auxiliaries are coupled in rotation with the crankshaft of the vehicle engine by transmission means. These auxiliaries include auxiliaries which constitute a hierarchic group with an order of operational priority in which at least one of the auxiliaries takes precedence over at least one other of the auxiliaries. The state of an economizer element varies concomitantly with the working conditions of the auxiliary having the higher priority, and is adapted to put the auxiliary with the lower priority at least partly out of action when the working conditions of the higher priority auxiliary exceed a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder head (1), a camshaft (2) mounted thereon, a rocker cover (4) and a rotary vacuum pump (10) mounted on the cylinder head (1) within the rocker cover (4) and driven by the camshaft (2), providing compact packaging and low noise levels. The vacuum pump is lubricated from the camshaft via the pump exhaust port (30) discharging air into the rocker cover.

Abstract: Disclosed is an internal combustion engine including a flywheel pulley connected to a crankshaft, a governor drive pulley, and a cooling liquid pump drive pulley with belt means driveably connecting the flywheel pulley, the governor drive pulley and the pump drive pulley.In one embodiment of this invention, the belt means is a belt and the flywheel pulley, the governor drive pulley, the pump drive pulley, an idler pulley and the flywheel pulley are driveably connected in series. The engine includes a cooling liquid system, a fan connected to the cooling liquid pump and a radiator adjacent the fan. The engine is a two-stroke engine and the engine crankshaft is in a vertical position. The flywheel is rotatable about a first axis and the governor drive pulley and the idler pulley are coaxial about a second axis at a right angle to the first axis, and the cooling liquid pump is rotatable abut an axis extending perpendicular to the first and second axes.

Abstract: An automotive internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores and a plurality of bearing bulkheads, and a bearing beam structure secured to the bottom part of the cylinder block and including a plurality of main bearing cap sections each of which associates with each cylinder block bearing bulkhead to rotatably support the journal of a crankshaft, and two beam sections for securely connecting all the bearing cap sections, the two beam sections extending parallel with the axis of the crankshaft and being located at the opposite side portions, respectively, of each bearing cap section, thereby improving the strength of the main bearing cap sections and the cylinder block bearing bulkheads against the tortional and flexural vibrations to effectively suppress the vibrations of a cylinder block skirt section and an oil pan.

Abstract: An automotive internal combustion engine comprises a cylinder block formed at its bottom section with a plurality of main bearing carrying sections, a plurality of main bearing caps respectively secured to the main bearing carrying sections, and a beam member formed of a sheet metal and disposed to rigidly connect all the main bearing caps, thereby effectively suppressing the vibration of the main bearing caps to greatly decrease engine noise emission.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine which includes a secondary aggregate or unit such as, for example, a vacuum pump, located inside of a valve housing which is formed by a cylinder head and a cylinder head cover. A portion of the vacuum pump, for example, a connecting portion for a vacuum line leading to a consumer, extends outwardly through an opening or passage and forms a seal with the cylinder head cover.

Abstract: A container for fluids for various operating functions in a motor vehicle, the container being arranged in the engine compartment and being constructed as an essentially annular or U-shaped hollow body with an inner contour forming an air guide surface or shroud defining an air guide duct for the air cooling fan of the internal combustion engine and having an outer contour shaped to conform to the shape of the radiator associated therewith, the radiator being received within the outer contour within a holding means by way of resilient foam mountings.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine includes a drive connection for auxiliary equipment. The equipment includes a step-down gear and a pump impeller of a coolant pump and a pump wheel of a lubricating oil gear pump situated on a common shaft. The drive connection of the engine is characterized in that pump wheels of the lubricating oil gear pump form the step-down gear for the coolant pump.

Abstract: A runner-type lubricating device for a vertical engine, in which a power gear is secured to a rotary shaft and properly meshed with a driven gear secured to a runner, with a bracket for pivotally supporting the runner secured to a crank case by a fixing means.

Abstract: An engine, preferably of the heavy duty diesel internal combustion type, is provided with a crankcase having downwardly extending side walls interconnected by a stiffening bridge member. The bridge member includes integral mounting means for an oil pump and its drive shaft and supports a drive gear that directly engages a driving gear on the engine crankshaft immediately above the assembly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a control device for an auxiliary member of vehicles which is capable of suspending the driving of the auxiliary member of a vehicle such as a compressor for air conditioning device when there is a sudden increase of the load on the driving system of the vehicle and which is also capable of driving the auxiliary member as much as possible when the engine is operating below its maximum capacity. The control device comprises a means to detect the load of the driving system of a vehicle and the rate of acceleration of said load, a means to control the driving of an auxiliary member which is driven by the engine of the vehicle, and a means to transmit a signal to the driving mechanism of said auxiliary member to suspend its driving from the time when the acceleration of the load of the driving system of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined value until the time when the load returns to the predetermined value.

Abstract: Improved apparatus (10) for releasably securing a plurality of non-externally threaded ignition devices (12) in cylinder head bores (29) for facilitating the insertion and removal of the ignition devices therefrom, the apparatus (10) comprising means (20) defining a pair of slots (30) about each bore (29); a retaining member (22) for each ignition device (12) having a bearing surface (44) and a pair of projections (42) receivable in a pair of slots (30); and means for releasably securing the projections (42) in the slots (30) with the bearing surfaces (44) abutting the ignition devices (12) for urging them into their respective bores (29).

Abstract: A power transmission device for internal combustion engine including a timing belt pulley for a timing belt which drives cam shaft and so forth, and a pulley for V belt for driving auxiliary machineries such as cooling fan, the timing belt pulley and the pulley for V belt being attached to an end portion of the engine crank shaft. One of these pulleys is fixed directly to the engine crank shaft, while the other is fixed to the first-mentioned pulley which is fixed to the crank shaft.

Abstract: Lubricating oil pumps for internal combustion engines have hitherto had individual drive means such as a pair of skew gears. To simplify and cheapen the pump drive means, the pump is of the internal gear type and is driven by and housed within an idler gear driveably connecting the crankshaft to the camshaft. The pump body is rigidly secured to the engine and has a cylindrical periphery on which the idler gear is journalled, and the externally-toothed inner gear of the pump is driveably connected to the idler gear by a coupling sleeve.

Abstract: A flexible shaft (42) driven by a transversely mounted engine (18) of an automobile (10) and extending rearwardly of the axis (48--48) of the crankshaft of the engine a distance transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and then curving and extending longitudinally forwardly to the cooling fan (32) used to draw air through the radiator (28) of the vehicle. The engine (18) is mounted in a front wheel drive vehicle (10) and has a pulley (36) mounted on the forward end of the engine driven via a belt (38) from a pulley (40) on the crankshaft of the engine. The pulley (36) in turn rotates the core (54) of the flexible shaft (42) which in turn rotates a shaft (64) used to drive the cooling fan (32) mounted juxtaposition the radiator (28). Means (58,60) secure the shaft at each end respectively to the rear end of the pulley (36) and the cooling fan (32). A gentle sweeping curve is provided from the transverse extending portion of shaft (42) to the longitudinally extending portion.

Abstract: A two stroke engine having an exhaust port formed in the cylinder wall. At the upper portion of the exhaust port, there is provided a rotary type exhaust timing control valve which is adapted to be actuated by a centrifugal governor device to control the exhaust timing in accordance with the engine speed. The centrifugal governor device has a governor shaft which extends coaxially with the engine crankshaft and directly connected at one end with the adjacent end of the crankshaft. At the other end, the crankshaft is provided with a magneto device so that the magneto does not have any magnetic influence on the centrifugal governor device.

Abstract: A replacement starting motor of the type for use in starting a passenger vehicle internal combustion engine is provided by converting a donor motor originally manufactured for one engine installation into a form making it a substitute for a starting motor manufactured for a different engine installation. The motor shell and solenoid housing and internal features contained therein are retained as a core from the donor starting motor in the replacement starting motor. A newly developed end cap assembly having a shape and spacial dimensions enabling the retained components of the donor starting motor to fit the different engine installation of the starting motor being replaced is attached to the donor core. A newly developed pinion sleeve having a unique length dimension is provided in the replacement starting motor to enable the retained components of the donor starter to properly bring the drive pinion into and out of driving engagement with the flywheel associated with the different engine installation.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine, especially air-cooled internal combustion engine, for vehicles and driving units, including a plurality of cylinders and at least one auxiliary machine arranged on one end face of the crankcase and/or at least one auxiliary machine arranged laterally and above the crankcase within the region of the end face. The internal combustion engine includes a ventilator or cooling blower for a direct or indirect cooling of the cylinders. The ventilator or cooling blower has associated therewith a partition which is arranged transverse to the flow of the air conveyed in the direction of the at least one auxiliary machine and provided with at least one guiding wall arranged substantially transverse to the partition and preventing the cooling air from being short-circuited. The at least one auxiliary machine to be cooled is arranged ahead of the partition.

Abstract: A hood (12) for an internal combustion engine compartment (C) has an air precleaner (10) and a muffler (11) mounted on the underside of the hood (12). The collar (26) connecting the precleaner (10) to the engine air intake (M1), and the pipe (36) from the exhaust manifold (M2) to the muffler (11) are both connected by means (26b, 37) which are releasable with the hood (12) in position, so the hood (12), precleaner (10) and muffler (11) constitute a removable module.

Abstract: An oil pump arrangement for the pressure oil supply for internal combustion engines, especially a gear oil pump, which comprises impeller gears housed in a pump housing. The gears are driven by the internal combustion engine and the pump housing is connected with a suction pipe and a pressure pipe. The pump housing is arranged in an unmachined recess provided at the side of the timing gears in the crankcase. The pump housing is open on the side of the driving means for the impeller gears and is flanged to the timing gear case of the internal combustion engine. The timing gear case forms the closure of the pump housing and the recess, and at least the driving means for the impeller gears is supported in the timing gear case.

Abstract: An engine includes a crankcase and a crankshaft extending in the crankcase and having one end projecting from the crankcase. A driving pulley assembly is mounted on the projecting end of the crankshaft. The crankcase is formed at the end adjacent to the pulley assembly with a gear housing section having a sideward opening. A gear casing having an oil pump mounted thereon is attached to the gear housing section at the sideward opening. A gear mechanism is provided in the gear housing section and the gear casing for driving the oil pump.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for precisely positioning a gear plate (10) on the block (12) of an internal combustion engine equipped with an accessory drive gear train (22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 and 36) are disclosed whereby the precise positioning of the gear plate (10) results in the precise alignment of the gears mounted thereon. The present invention achieves this result by utilizing the shafts (56 and 58) of two of the gears (34 and 36) in the gear train as primary and secondary positioning means. Primary and secondary positioning bores (66) are formed in the engine block (12) and in the gear plate (10) and the primary and secondary gear shafts (60) inserted therein to position the gear plate (10) first at a point along a first axis relative to the engine block (12) and secondly at a point along a second axis relative to the engine block (12).

Abstract: An internal combustion engine arranged in an automotive vehicle with optionally driven units or the like, for example, units driven by way of pulleys. The units extend toward a front if the internal combustion engine is arranged in a front compartment of the automotive vehicle and extend toward the rear beyond the internal combustion engine if the engine is disposed in a rear compartment. The units and optionally their drive elements are fashioned in such a way and/or are mounted to the internal combustion engine in such a manner that, in case of a collision, impact energy is absorbed at the units and/or their fasteners or mounting by the performance of deformation work, by overcoming frictional resistances, and/or by a displacement of viscous substances against a resistance.

Abstract: A fixture for use in mounting an accessory on the frame of an engine or mine and adapted for adjustments for aligning a shaft of the accessory with a power take-off shaft of the machine. The fixture comprises a housing in two parts, one of which is adapted for attachment to the frame of the engine and the other is adapted to receive the accessory. The housing includes means for angularly and laterally positioning the accessory shaft for aligning it in concentricity with the power take-off shaft.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for auxiliary aggregates of an internal combustion engine, especially for motor vehicles is constructed as a two-speed drive, that is at operation of the internal combustion engine at low speeds the auxiliary aggregates are driven from the drive shaft of the engine, whereas at operation of the internal combustion engine at high speeds the auxiliary aggregates are driven from the cam shaft of the engine over an intermediate pulley provided with a free wheel clutch. During low speed of the engine the auxiliary aggregates are driven from a pulley freely rotatably mounted on the drive shaft of the engine but connectable thereto by a centrifugal clutch, which at high speed of the drive shaft disconnects the drive of the pulley by the drive shaft of the engine while the free wheel clutch engages. The auxiliary aggregates, respectively the pulleys thereof, are located in one plane with the pulley on the drive shaft and the intermediate pulley.

Abstract: An arrangement for mounting driven or non-driven assemblies on or to an internal combustion engine mounted in a motor vehicle. The assemblies projecting forward beyond an end of the internal combustion engine when the engine is mounted in a front of the motor vehicle and projecting rearwardly beyond the engine when the engine is mounted in the rear of the motor vehicle. The assemblies are so mounted and/or fastened on or to the internal combustion engine that, in the event of a collision and/or an impact on the assemblies, such assemblies are displaceable in a direction of the internal combustion engine with a zero resistance and without expending any energy absorption.

Abstract: A mechanism molded into the base of a high voltage distributor for mating with a fixed post, wherein the mechanism mounts and retains the distributor in a fixed position on an engine housing.

Abstract: An engine installation includes an engine casing, an engine ancillary having a mounting flange and a plate. The flange has arcuate apertures spaced about the axis of a drive shaft to receive securing bolts to secure the flange and plate to the casing. The plate has complementary apertures of circular section and means is provided to secure the plate to the flange once the ancillary has been correctly positioned on the casing, whereby the plate and ancillary can be removed from and reassembled to the engine casing without disturbing the angular setting of the ancillary on the casing.

Abstract: A multicylinder internal combustion engine with a crankcase secured to a connection flange of the cylinder block and a flywheel at the output end of the crankshaft, the distance between the connection flange and the crankshaft axis corresponding approximately to half the diameter of the flywheel.

Abstract: A power take-off for a motor through a recoil starter mounted axially in relation to the flywheel. Operation of the recoil starter is not interfered with. Provision is also made for axial concentricity of drive and driven shafts when the power take-off is in use.

Abstract: The carburetor of a motorcycle engine is fastened to an engine cylinder by a thin resilient hose connecting the fuel mixture outlet port of the carburetor to the intake port of the cylinder. The carburetor is fastened to the casing of the associated air cleaner much more rigidly than it is fastened to the cylinder. The fastening connection between the carburetor and the air cleaner casing is provided by a tubular member having a wider orifice fastened to said casing, a narrower orifice fastened to the carburetor, and a shoulder portion connecting the orifices and of greater wall thickness near the float chamber in the carburetor than elsewhere.

Abstract: A power transmission apparatus of the type having a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine and an intermediate driving shaft to be driven by the crankshaft. Input and output shafts of a gear transmission to be driven by the driving shaft are so provided in an outer surrounding machine casing as to be arranged in parallel rows to one another. The four shafts are positioned, at their axial lines, in a common plane, and the machine casing is so constructed as to be divisible at that plane into upper and lower half portions.

Abstract: A kit for converting an automobile engine from a conventional water pump driven by mechanical engine power to electrical drive which is separately controllable independently of engine operation. The kit includes a conventional air conditioning blower motor, and a bracket which permits motion of the electric motor on the bracket, whereby the motor, belts, pulleys, etc. can be changed without having to remove the bracket from the water pump on the engine.

Abstract: A combined pump and generator arrangement for use in a vehicle having an engine as the prime mover is disclosed and includes a pump housing with an axially extending actuating shaft and a rotatable member to be driven by the engine to rotate about that actuating shaft with the rotatable member including a fan and a pulley as well as a magnetic arrangement for providing a rotating magnetic field when the rotatable member is driven by the engine. An annular stator assembly is fastened to a face of the pump housing and has windings for providing a voltage in response to the rotating magnetic field. The actuating shaft and annular stator assembly are concentrically disposed with the stator assembly lying intermediate the actuating shaft and the magnetic arrangement of the rotor. The pulley, stator and magnetic arrangement and the fan are supported progressively more remote from the pump housing face.

Abstract: A low-noise-level combustion engine comprises an engine unit support with auxiliary units rigidly connected thereto, a crankcase and a flywheel case. The engine unit support, as an engine part directly affected by sound vibration, is connected to the crankcase by at least three resonance-absorbing elements which provide power transmission from the engine unit support to the crankcase. The engine comprises further a sealing element located between the engine unit support and the crankcase, which divides the engine into a lower oil-wetted engine region and an upper dry engine region which is oil-tightly sealed against the lower engine region. The sealing element surrounds the engine, the engine unit support, and is attached to the engine unit support and to the crankcase. It has no supporting function and is highly resilient.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine its crankcase defines an oil reservoir and a pump receptacle. A crankshaft journaled in the crankcase carries a crank in the reservoir. A cylinder fixedly mounted on the crankcase is formed with a cooling jacket which communicates with the pump receptacle through communicating bores in the cylinder and crankcase. A pump shaft rotatably secured in the crankcase in the receptacle carries an impeller for common rotation about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the crankshaft, and the motion transmitting input member of a drive train, a toothed wheel, is mounted on the crankshaft next to a spur gear which meshes with a spur gear on the pump shaft.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to improvements in hydraulic dashpot chain tensioners for the timing chains of motor vehicles. A kit for modifying existing chain tensioners is disclosed which can be readily connected to a chain tensioner to eliminate leakage of air into the dashpot. The kit comprises an open, cup-like oil reservoir adapted to be sealingly secured to the chain tensioner in fluid communication with the dashpot. Baffles are arranged adjacent the open end of the cup member to prevent loss of oil therefrom by reason of centrifugal forces acting on the oil.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine comprises an engine unit support and a crankcase which parts are connected by a resonance-absorbing element. The engine parts located above the resonance-absorbing element are encased by a noise-suppressing encapsulation. The exhaust pipe and the inlet pipe penetrate the encapsulation without touching it and are connected to the cylinderhead by vibration-insulating couplings. Supporting arms are provided which support the exhaust and the inlet pipes. The supporting arms are secured to the crankcase which is freed from body resonance due to the resonance-absorbing element. The supporting arms take over all holding and vibration forces so that the vibration-insulating couplings may be designed very soft in the sense of optimal vibration insulation.

Abstract: An adapter for attaching a radiator cooling fan to a water pump of an internal combustion engine, the adapter having spaced rear and front walls for attachment to the water pump and fan respectively with recesses extending radially into the body of the adapter between these walls for reception of a wrench used in securing the rear wall to the pump, and with these recesses being separated by radial projections securing the front and rear walls together, and with additional openings being provided in the front wall for passing a wrench rearwardly through that wall when necessary.

Abstract: An adapter for attachment to a rotatable component of an internal combustion engine to facilitate connection of a wrench to the rotatable component to enable it to be manually rotated or adjusted in either rotational direction. The adapter includes a plate having tubular sleeves rigid therewith receiving fastener devices for securing the plate to a rotatable component with the plate including recess means or projecting means for engagement by various types of wrenches, handles and the like. The adapter is especially useful in conjunction with high performance engines such as those used in racing automobiles, drag racers and the like with the adapter being symmetrical and balanced so that it may be left attached to the rotatable component or it may be removed for use on other engines.

Abstract: A refrigerant compressor for use in an automotive air conditioning refrigerating system is provided with an electromagnetic clutch and an AC electric generator assembled on the compressor. The electromagnetic clutch comprises a pulley rotatably mounted on the compressor housing to be driven by the engine of the car, a magnetic attracting surface, and a magnetic armature connected to a drive shaft of the compressor to be magnetically attracted to the magnetic attracting surface to selectively drive the compressor by the engine. The AC electric generator comprises a stator statically mounted on the compressor housing and a rotor mounted on the pulley. One of the stator and the rotor includes concentric magnetic pole pieces of permanent magnets or of electromagnets, and the other of the stator and rotor includes a coil member to which AC current is induced upon the rotation of the rotor together with the pulley.

Abstract: A pair of closely adjacent electrically conductive coils, suitably encapsulated, are secured to or retained closely adjacent the positive terminal of a battery of an internal combustion engine. An electrical wire extends from the coils and is electrically connected to the negative terminal of the battery.

Abstract: A support for automotive starter motors of the type having a shaft rotated by the motor, in which the starter motor includes a gear mounted on the shaft for engaging the flywheel of an aircraft engine or the like, in which the support comprises a first plate for mounting adjacent the flywheel and a second plate normal to the first plate, the second plate having a hole therein. The starter motor is bolted to the second plate with the shaft extending through the hole. A conical housing is carried by the second plate and has a hole at the apex thereof, rotatably supporting the extremity of the starter motor shaft, the housing further including an opening along one side thereof for permitting access of the gear to the flywheel.