Starter having a pinion movement control structure

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EP 1 052 402 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/16

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	15.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/46

(21)	Application number: 00116717.0

(22)	Date of filing: 06.06.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F02N 15/06

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

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Priority:

10.07.1996 JP 18024396
06.08.1996 JP 20745996

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	97109227.5 / 0818624

(71)	Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
	Kariya-City Aichi-Pref. 448 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Araki, Takeshi, c/o Denso Corporation Kariya-city, Aichi-pref. 448 (JP) Soh, Masahiro, c/o Denso Corporation Kariya-city, Aichi-pref. 448 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte Partnerschaft
	Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising 85354 Freising (DE)

(54)	Starter having a pinion movement control structure

(57) A starter (1) has a motor (2), output shaft (3) driven by the motor, a pinion moving body (4) mounted on the output shaft and engageable with a ring gear (29), an electromagnet switch (5), and a rotation restricting member (6) driven by the electromagnet switch to engage and restrict rotation of the pinion moving body until engagement of a pinion gear (30) with the ring gear.
Further, to protect the pinion moving body, the pinion moving body is advanced closely to the ring gear and thereafter the motor is allowed to rotate so that the pinion engages the ring gear at low rotation speeds.

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