F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons – 02 – N
Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
02
N
F02N 15/02 (2006.01) F16D 11/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2680626
An internal combustion engine (10) is provided. The internal combustion engine (10) includes a ring gear (130) coupled to a rotatable member of the internal combustion engine, a starter drive assembly (106) including a starter output shaft including a first end and a second end, the first end including a plurality of axial grooves (206) circumferentially-spaced and extending axially toward the first end, a clutch assembly (226) including a clutch plate (202) configured to engage the axially grooves of the output shaft such that the output shaft and the clutch plate rotate together during an internal combustion engine starting operation, and a screw shaft (228) selectively matingly couplable to the clutch plate, the screw shaft configured to engage the clutch plate during rotation in a first direction (254) and disengage the clutch plate in a second direction (256) such that the screw shaft and the clutch plate rotate together in the first direction, a barrel assembly (262) including a first end (264) configured to threadably engage the screw shaft, and a second end (266) comprising a pinion gear (128) configured to engage the ring gear during the internal combustion engine starting operation.
Company General Electric
Craig Wilson And Company
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