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20110095545 | ENGINE STARTER AND RESISTOR SHORT-CIRCUITING DEVICE - Provided is an engine starter having a simple structure and excellent in stability and reliability, which starts an engine while preventing an occurrence of instantaneous interruption in an electrical device mounted in a vehicle. An engine starter for driving a starter motor by closing a starter switch | 04-28-2011 |
20130081514 | ENGINE STARTER - In the engine starter related to the present invention, a torsional angle θ | 04-04-2013 |
20130180490 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE AND ENGINE STARTING METHOD - Engine starting device, including: a crank signal generation unit ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130233128 | ENGINE STARTER - The engine starter includes: a starter motor; a pinion unit ( | 09-12-2013 |
20130255614 | ENGINE AUTOMATIC STOP AND START DEVICE, AND ENGINE AUTOMATIC STOP AND START CONTROL METHOD - Provided is a device for automatically stopping an engine when an automatic stop condition is satisfied and restarting the engine thereafter when a restart condition is satisfied, the device including: a ring gear ( | 10-03-2013 |
20130276579 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - Since a pinion gear unit which rotates according to the rotation of an output rotation shaft driven by the motor unit, a pushing mechanism which moves the pinion gear unit towards an engagement location of the pinion gear and an engine starting gear, and a bracket which includes a bracket main body unit which supports the motor unit and the pushing mechanism and a nose unit which extends from the bracket main body unit to a side opposite to the motor unit and rotatably bears a tip portion of the output rotation shaft on a side opposite to the motor unit, and which is attached to an engine side are included, a first stopper unit which restricts the movement of the rotation member to the direction of the engine starting gear is provided on the output rotation shaft, a second stopper unit which restricts the movement of the pinion gears to the direction of the engine starting gear by pushing and biasing of the elastic member is provided on the rotation member, and positioning the first stopper unit is positioned on a side opposite to the engine starting gear with respect to the second stopper unit, it is possible to shorten the shaft length of the rotation member and to shorten the entire length of the engine starting device. | 10-24-2013 |
20130291680 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - It is possible to obtain an engine starting device in which, at the time of initial engagement of a first pinion gear and an engine starting gear, in a case where the first pinion gear collides with the engine starting gear, the first pinion gear is inclined with respect to the second pinion gear, a void having a predetermined size for expanding the inclined state is formed between a surface of an end surface portion of the first pinion gear on the side of an end surface portion of the second pinion gear, and a surface of an end surface portion of the second pinion gear on the side of the end surface portion of the first pinion gear, even in a case where any one of the rotation speed of the engine starting gear and the rotation speed of the pinion gear is larger than the other, rotation synchronization of the engine starting gear and the pinion gear and phase focusing of the teeth between the engine starting gear and the pinion gear is further rapidly and further reliably performed at the time when the engine starting gear and the pinion gear is abutted to each other, noise is decreased, and shortening of the life due to abrasion can be suppressed. | 11-07-2013 |
20130291681 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - A pinion gear unit includes a rotation member which rotates according to the rotation of a output rotation shaft, a first pinion gear which is fit to the rotation member through a first serration unit, rotates with the rotation member according to the rotation of the output rotation shaft, and moves with the rotation member if the pinion gear unit moves towards an engagement location by a pushing mechanism, to be initially engaged with an engine starting gear, and a second pinion gear which is fit to the rotation member to be adjacent to the first pinion gear through a second serration unit, rotates with the rotation member according to the rotation of the output rotation shaft, and moves with the rotation member if the pinion gear unit further moves towards the engagement location, to be engaged with the engine starting gear later than the first pinion gear, in a state where the first pinion gear is engaged with the engine starting gear, and the fitting is performed by the first and second serration units so that phases of teeth of the first pinion gear and teeth of the second pinion gear in a circumferential direction correspond with each other. | 11-07-2013 |
20150260144 | ENGINE STARTER - The engine starter includes a pinion-mobile component which is linked to an output shaft by a helical spline and can be slid in a shaft direction, in a state where the pinion-mobile component includes; an overrunning clutch which is idled when the pinion gear, which is engaged to the ring gear, is driven by the engine via the ring gear so as to be rotated at a rotational speed which is higher than a rotational speed of the output shaft; and a breaking mechanism in which the overrunning clutch breaks a transmission of a torque, which is generated in accordance with a rotation of the motor and is transmitted to the ring gear, when a value of the torque is a predetermined condition value with respect to a direction where the torque is transmitted to the ring gear. | 09-17-2015 |
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20080289446 | ENGINE STARTER - Obtained is an engine starter having a structure in which, even when frictional heat is generated on a roller due to sliding of a roller and a clutch inner with respect to each other, deformation of a rolling contact surface of the roller is reduced by suppressing reduction in hardness of the rolling contact surface of the roller due to the frictional heat, thereby making it possible to improve transmission of a rotation force from a clutch outer to a clutch inner. The engine starter includes a clutch ( | 11-27-2008 |
20120103294 | ENGINE START DEVICE - An engine starting device for an automatic idling stop system includes: a crank angle sensor for detecting a crank angle of an engine; a ring gear connected to a crankshaft of the engine, for transmitting rotation of the engine; ring gear rpm detecting section; a starter motor for starting the engine; a pinion gear for transmitting rotation of the starter motor to the ring gear; pinion-gear push-out section for pushing out the pinion gear into meshing engagement with the ring gear; and pinion gear push-out control section for driving the pinion-gear push-out section to bring the pinion gear and the ring gear into meshing engagement when the ring gear rpm detected by the ring gear rotational speed detection section becomes smaller than a threshold value which is determined by at least one of the crank angle, a gear range, and a restart condition. | 05-03-2012 |
20120199090 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - Provided is an engine starting device enabling the meshing engagement of a pinion gear and a ring gear to be quickly and quietly achieved in an automatic idle-stop system while an engine is rotating by inertia. The engine starting device includes: a ring gear connected to a crankshaft of an engine; a starter motor for starting the engine; a pinion gear for transmitting rotation of the starter motor to the ring gear; pinion-gear moving portion for moving the pinion gear so as to achieve meshing engagement with the ring gear; and starter control portion for executing any one of a plurality of control modes. | 08-09-2012 |
20120260878 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - A ring gear to be coupled to a crankshaft of an engine; a starter motor for starting the engine; a pinion gear for transmitting rotation of the starter motor to the ring gear; pinion-gear meshing-engagement unit for moving the pinion gear to achieve meshing engagement with the ring gear; rpm-difference acquiring unit for acquiring an rpm difference between the pinion gear and the ring gear; and restart control unit for allowing the pinion gear to be moved by the pinion-gear meshing-engagement unit when the rpm difference between the pinion gear and the ring gear, which is acquired by the rpm-difference acquiring unit, becomes smaller than a threshold value are provided. The restart control unit includes threshold-value setting unit, and the threshold value corresponding to a characteristic to be input to the threshold-value setting unit is preset. | 10-18-2012 |
20130192419 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - An engine starting device includes: a starter motor; a pinion unit coupled to an output-shaft side of the starter motor by a spline, for sliding in an axial direction; and a ring gear which meshes with a pinion gear of the pinion unit pushed out by a push-out mechanism, and receives a transmission of a rotation force of the starter motor, thereby starting an engine. The pinion unit includes, on all teeth on distal end portions in a meshing axial direction of the pinion gear meshing with the ring gear, synchronization surfaces which are a pair of surfaces parallel with the meshing axial direction, and have a thickness thinner than a tooth thickness of the pinion gear. | 08-01-2013 |
20130276578 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - The engine starting device includes a starter motor, a pinion portion, a pushing mechanism for pushing a pinion gear of the pinion portion to a position at which the pinion gear comes into meshing engagement with a ring gear, and an integrated switch for operating a motor-energization switch to pull a plunger after the pinion gear is pushed, by configuring a switch for actuating the pushing mechanism and turning ON/OFF an energization current to the starter motor by a single plunger coil. When a restart request is issued after an engine stop is requested and therefore the integrated switch is placed in an ON state, operation timing of the pushing mechanism and coil-operation timing of the plunger coil are set so that the starter motor avoids operating until the pinion gear comes into contact or meshing engagement with the ring gear. | 10-24-2013 |
20140060247 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - The engine starting device includes a pinion unit which is spline-coupled to an output shaft side of a starter motor to slide in an axial direction, the pinion unit including a one-way clutch which spins for rotation in the same direction as that of rotation of the engine, and a pushing mechanism for moving the pinion unit to a position in which the pinion unit comes into meshing engagement with a ring gear. A pinion gear of the pinion unit is movable in the axial direction as a single body, and includes a chamfered portion having a curved surface along a tooth surface on a non-torque transmitting surface side and a large length in the axial direction, the chamfered portion being provided to a ring-gear side distal end portion of the tooth surface on the non-torque transmitting surface side. | 03-06-2014 |
20150020761 | ENGINE STARTUP DEVICE - An engine startup device is provided having a helical-spline-engaging part where an output shaft ( | 01-22-2015 |
20150159617 | ENGINE STARTING DEVICE - Since a pinion gear unit which rotates according to the rotation of an output rotation shaft driven by the motor unit, a pushing mechanism which moves the pinion gear unit towards an engagement location of the pinion gear and an engine starting gear, and a bracket which includes a bracket main body unit which supports the motor unit and the pushing mechanism and a nose unit which extends from the bracket main body unit to a side opposite to the motor unit and rotatably bears a tip portion of the output rotation shaft on a side opposite to the motor unit, and which is attached to an engine side are included, a first stopper unit which restricts the movement of the rotation member to the direction of the engine starting gear is provided on the output rotation shaft, a second stopper unit which restricts the movement of the pinion gears to the direction of the engine starting gear by pushing and biasing of the elastic member is provided on the rotation member, and positioning the first stopper unit is positioned on a side opposite to the engine starting gear with respect to the second stopper unit, it is possible to shorten the shaft length of the rotation member and to shorten the entire length of the engine starting device. | 06-11-2015 |
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20120119867 | MULTILAYER COIL COMPONENT - A multilayer coil component is provided to have high reliability and in which internal stress arising from the difference in firing shrinkage behavior and/or thermal expansion coefficient between ferrite layers and internal conductor layers is alleviated without forming conventional voids between the ferrite layers and the internal conductor layers. A method of manufacturing a multilayer coil includes a step of isolating interfaces between internal conductors and surrounding ferrite by allowing a complexing agent solution to reach interfaces between the internal conductors and the surrounding ferrite through side gap portions from side surfaces of a ferrite element including a helical coil. The complexing agent solution contains at least one selected from the group consisting of an aminocarboxylic acid, a salt of the aminocarboxylic acid, an oxycarboxylic acid, a salt of the oxycarboxylic acid, an amine, phosphoric acid, a salt of phosphoric acid, and a lactone compound. | 05-17-2012 |
20130088316 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic component that can be prevented from being mounted on a circuit board with inclination, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. An electronic component is mountable on a circuit board including a first land and a second land. The electronic component includes outer electrodes on a lower surface of a stack to be arranged along a direction and are connectable to the first land and the second land, respectively. With the eletronic component mounted to the circuit board, respective contact surfaces of the outer electrodes to the first land and the second land have a structure being symmetric about a line parallel to the direction, and each respective contact surface is divided into a plurality of portions. | 04-11-2013 |
20130093558 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component that can be prevented from being shifted from a normal mount position and can be manufactured with a low cost is provided. The component is configured by stacking a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of inner conductors provided on the respective insulating layers. The connection conductors have respective exposure portions that are each exposed between corresponding ones of the insulating layers at a surface of the stack. An outer electrode is formed, for example, by plating on the lower surface so that the exposure portions are covered with the outer electrode. The plurality of exposure portions do not have uniform thicknesses or are not arranged at uniform intervals in the stacking direction. | 04-18-2013 |
20130168350 | MULTILAYER COIL COMPONENT - A multilayer coil component is provided to have high reliability and in which internal stress arising from the difference in firing shrinkage behavior and/or thermal expansion coefficient between ferrite layers and internal conductor layers is alleviated without forming conventional voids between the ferrite layers and the internal conductor layers. A method of manufacturing a multilayer coil includes a step of isolating interfaces between internal conductors and surrounding ferrite by allowing a complexing agent solution to reach interfaces between the internal conductors and the surrounding ferrite through side gap portions from side surfaces of a ferrite element including a helical coil. The complexing agent solution contains at least one selected from the group consisting of an aminocarboxylic acid, a salt of the aminocarboxylic acid, an oxycarboxylic acid, a salt of the oxycarboxylic acid, an amine, phosphoric acid, a salt of phosphoric acid, and a lactone compound. | 07-04-2013 |
20140070916 | METAL POWDER AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - Metal powder has composite particles each coated with a Zn-based ferrite film not containing Ni. | 03-13-2014 |
20140078643 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - An electronic component comprises: a laminate having a plurality of rectangular insulator layers and a mounting surface formed by a series of sides of the insulator layers. A plurality of first lead-out conductors are exposed between the insulator layers at the mounting surface. A first external electrode covers the first lead-out conductors at the mounting surface. The first external electrode is located at a first formation area at the mounting surface. The first formation area, when viewed in a plan view in an extending direction in which the sides of the insulator layers that constitute the mounting surface extend, is curved so as to bulge at a center of the formation area relative to opposite ends thereof. | 03-20-2014 |
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20140373341 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED COIL COMPONENTS - A method for manufacturing a laminated coil component having: a step of placing a first green sheet having pairs of bordering first and second areas; a step of placing a second green sheet having pairs of bordering third and fourth areas; and a step of staggering another second green sheet on the second green sheet. The first, second, third and fourth areas have identical rectangular shapes and have a first, second, third and fourth conductor, respectively. The third and fourth linear conductors form a loop. An end of the first linear conductor is connected to a first side of the first area. A part of the first linear conductor closest to a second side adjacent to the first side has a line width smaller than a part of the third linear conductor or a part of the fourth linear conductor overlapping with the part of the first linear conductor. | 12-25-2014 |
20150028988 | LAMINATED COIL - A laminated coil having; a laminate body including a plurality of insulating layers laminated horizontally; and a coil located in the laminate body off-center in an upper portion of the laminate body and including a plurality of coil conductors connected through via conductors piercing the insulating layers. The plurality of coil conductors includes a first coil conductor and a second coil conductor. A cross-sectional area of the second coil conductor is less than a cross-sectional area of the first coil conductor. The second coil conductor is a lowermost coil conductor of the plurality of the coil conductors. A lower surface of the laminate body is a mounting surface. | 01-29-2015 |
20150108393 | SINTERED BODY AND INDUCTOR - A sintered body contains Z-type hexagonal ferrite, Bi | 04-23-2015 |
20150213947 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A laminate has a structure in which magnetic layers and a non-magnetic layer containing glass are stacked. A coil is incorporated in the laminate. The magnetic permeability μ2 in portions (low-magnetic-permeability portions), of the magnetic layers, which are adjacent to the non-magnetic layer and into which the glass diffuses is lower than the magnetic permeability μ1 in portions (high-magnetic-permeability portions), of the magnetic layers, which are not adjacent to the non-magnetic layer. | 07-30-2015 |