Abstract: A planetary gear speed reducer and a machining method for a planetary gear supporting pin which enable the supporting pin to be formed as an integral part of a flange section by forging so as to reduce the number of parts, permit greater ease of assembly, and achieve lower cost and also to make it easier to obtain perpendicularity of the supporting pin with respect to the flange section. A plurality of supporting pins which are formed in hollow cylindrical shapes are pressed out at equal angle pitches on the same circumference on the rear end surface of a flange section which is made integral with an output rotary shaft. The front end surface of the flange section has recessed sections which are formed coaxially with the supporting pins. The outside diameters of the supporting pins are made smaller than the inside diameters of the recessed sections. The distal ends of the supporting pins are open and the hollow sections of the supporting pins are communicated with the recessed sections.

Abstract: A vehicular charging generator provided with a one-way clutch having a clutch inner installed to a shaft of a rotor and a clutch outer interposed between the clutch inner and a pulley driven by a power unit for driving a vehicle and transmitting a power only in one rotational direction from the pulley to the shaft, wherein a male screw is formed on the shaft, a female screw is formed on an inner peripheral portion of the clutch inner and the female screw is engaged with the male screw thereby fixing the clutch inner to the shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an automatic starting and stopping apparatus for an engine, which prolongs the lives of mechanical components such as a starter motor and which is applicable also to automatic vehicles. The automatic starting and stopping apparatus for an engine comprises a vehicle-to-vehicle distance sensor 29, which detects whether the distance from the preceding vehicle is less than a preset value, a signal color identifying and detecting device 30, which identifies whether the lit color of the signal is yellow or red, a car speed sensor 15, and a control circuit 31, which performs automatic start and stop of the engine in accordance with the detection results of the vehicle-to-vehicle distance sensor 29 and the signal color identifying and detecting apparatus 30.

Abstract: A coaxial starter including: an electric motor, an output shaft having a pinion mounted to the front end thereof and engaging the pinion with a ring gear in an engine when it is advanced and to disengaging the pinion from the ring gear when it returns. An electromagnetic switch is provided for advancing the output shaft when an excitation coil is energized and for closing a contact in a circuit electric motor. A planetary gear reduction device reduces the rotation of an armature shaft of the motor and an over-running clutch transmits the reduced rotation to the output shaft.

Abstract: In a coaxial type starter, the rear end portion of the clutch inner of its overrunning clutch is supported through a bearing on the front end portion of the armature rotary shaft, and the front end portion is supported through a bearing on the front bracket. Both end portions of the clutch outer are supported through bearings on the clutch inner, and the clutch outer is fitted into the cylindrical portion of the planetary gear frame in such a manner that the clutch outer and the cylindrical portion slide relative to each other when torque larger than a predetermined value is applied thereto. The clutch inner and the clutch outer are maintained coaxial at all times, and the clutch inner and the bearings or rollers are prevented from being abnormally worn out.

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 unit with an planetary gear speed reducer, the outer cylindrical surface of a cylindrical portion which is axially protruded from the carrier in the speed reducer, and the inner cylindrical surface of a radially extended wall portion of the clutch outer are engaged with each other in such a manner that they are slidable with each other with a predetermined rotation torque, and the end portion of the cylindrical portion is engaged with an axially extended cut formed in the outer cylindrical surface of the end portion of the clutch inner with a small clearance, whereby the engagement region of the carrier and the clutch outer can be increased in area, thus being able to positively and accurately cut the transmission of power attributing only to impact load.

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: A planet gear type reduction gear device comprises a casing, a rotating shaft rotatably supported in the casing, a sun gear formed at an outer circumferential portion of the rotating shaft, a planet gear supported by a support pin and meshed with the sun gear, and an internal gear wheel attached to the inner circumferential portion of the casing and meshed with the planet gear whereby the planet gear revolves around the sun gear while it rotates on the support pin, characterized in that at least one projection is formed at an end surface in the axial direction of the internal gear wheel, and at least one recess having the shape corresponding to the projection is formed in the casing so that the internal gear wheel is fixed to the casing by the mutual engagement.

Abstract: An armature of an electric motor, having an armature core and an armature coil wound thereon, comprises a steel ring fitted on the armature coil for preventing the armature coil from being scattered by centrifugal force applied thereto during rotation of the motor, the steel ring having a coating of insulating material and adapted to be fitted on the armature coil directly.

Abstract: A rotary output shaft for a vehicle starter motor having a planet gear speed reducing device is formed by forging a steel blank to form a product having a shape similar to the rotary output shaft but having slightly larger outer dimensions, by subjecting a planet gear carrier portion 7c of the forged entire product to copper plating to prevent carburization, by subjecting the product to a carburizing treatment, and by finishing the locally carburized portion of the product.

Abstract: An engine starter comprises a DC motor having a hollow armature rotation shaft, a drive force transmitting device for transmitting a drive force generated by the DC motor, the drive force transmitting device includes a planetary gear speed reducer connected to the armature rotation shaft axially slidably received in a hollow portion of the armature rotation shaft, the output rotation shaft having a helical spline portion engaged with a helical spline portion of the overrunning clutch device, a pinion mounted on a front end of the output rotation shaft to engage a ring gear of an engine and spring device, provided adjacent to a side face of said pinion, for urging said pinion forwardly.

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: 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: A starter pinion shifting arrangement comprising a solenoid switch having a hook which can be pulled by a plunger which can be electromagnetically actuated through a compression spring, and a shift lever connected between the hook and a sliding thrust and a pinion movement unit slidably mounted on a support shaft and including a pinion engageable with a driven gear. A clearance is provided through which the hook can be pulled by the plunger when the hook is in a stopped position when the pinion is in a stopper abutting position in which the pinion moved by the attraction toward a stationary core of the plunger is in engagement with the driven gear. An elastic member, which is flexed through said shift lever by the compression force of the compression spring when it is flexed as the pinion movement unit is in the stopper abutting position in which the pinion is in engagement with the driven gear, may be disposed in an engagement portion between the shift lever and the pinion movement unit.

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: An electromagnetic switch comprises an outer casing, a cylindrical bobbin which is arranged in the outer casing, which has a magnetic core and which has an exciting coil wound thereon, a plunger arranged in an inner passage of the bobbin so as to be slidable under the action of magnetic attraction force, a rod which moves associating with the plunger, a movable contact which is carried on the rod, and which gets in contact with a fixed contact when the plunger moves in one direction, the fixed contact being arranged at a predetermined position, a cutout formed in an outer peripheral portion of the core, a channel-like lead-out portion which is formed to project from one end of the bobbin in the axial direction, which is fit in the cutout, and which is open in a radial direction outwardly, a mounting opening formed in the outer casing to confront to the cutout, and a terminal member which is press-fit into the mounting opening and which includes a terminal plate connected in the lead-out portion to one of the

Abstract: An engine starter apparatus being arranged such that a rotational force from an electric motor is transmitted to an output rotary shaft through a planetary speed reduction gear. The number Zs of teeth of a sun gear, the number Zp of teeth of a planet gear, the number Zi of teeth of an internal gear and the number N of the planet gears satisfy the equation (Zs+Zi)N=an integer, and the pressure angle .alpha.bi of the engagement between the planet gear and the internal gear is arranged to be cos.sup.-1 {(Zi-Zp)/(Zs+Zp).times.cos.alpha.bs}, where .alpha.bs is the pressure angle of the engagement between the sun gear and the planet gear.

Abstract: A device for waterproofing around a terminal bolt comprising an electric insulator secured on a shank of the terminal bolt, which is located inside a casing a grommet, made of an elastic material, is tightly fitted in an opening of the casing that is located in contact with the electric insulator at the bottom of the grommet. The grommet has an insertion hold through which the outer portion of the terminal bolt, which projects from the casing, extends. A rigid sleeve, which has a top flange, is tightly fitted in the insertion hole of the grommet between the outer portion of the terminal bolt and the grommet, such that the length from the bottom of the top flange to the lower end of the sleeve is less than the depth of the insertion hole of the grommet.

Abstract: A starter comprising an electric motor which produces torque for staring an engine has a hollow outer member included in a one-way clutch and supported by a cover so as to be rotated together with the hollow armature shaft of the motor; a hollow inner member included in the clutch and surrounded by rollers is provided inside the outer member. A pinion shaft with a pinion capable of being engaged with the ring gear of the engine is engaged with the inside of the inner member by splines so that the pinion shaft is movable in the axial direction thereof; and an electromagnetic switch applies electricity to the motor and moves the pinion shaft in the axial direction thereof.