Engine starter gearing
CA 2038749 C · Owner: Purolator Products Company · Inventors: Giometti, Paul Francis
Overview
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A centrifugally disengageable engine starter gear of the positive shift type that has a clutch to provide for driving and indexing of the starter gear, an internal mechanism keeps the clutch teeth in engagement during the indexing function, and a centrifugal separator separates the clutch teeth in an overrunning condition. The separator includes a plurality of flyweight members disposed in a like plurality of flyweight recesses provided in a driven member of the clutch. Radial displacement of the plurality of flyweights axially displaces a thrust washer to separate the clutch teeth. A projection extending longitudinally from each web which separates the flyweight recesses prevents the …
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- Filed March 21, 1991 and granted November 18, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 21, 2013.
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