US 7,559,303 B2
Startup torque transmitting mechanism of an internal combustion engine
Kazuhito Sakai, Makinohara (Japan); Toshiaki Asada, Mishima (Japan); Makoto Ishikawa, Nishikamo-gun (Japan); Tomoaki Suzuki, Nagoya (Japan); and Toshimitsu Shiba, Toyota (Japan)
Assigned to Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken (Japan)
Appl. No. 11/996,806
PCT Filed Jul. 25, 2006, PCT No. PCT/IB2006/002017
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 25, 2008,
PCT Pub. No. WO2007/012943, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 01, 2007.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-220106 (JP), filed on Jul. 29, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2008/0163843 A1, Jul. 10, 2008
Int. Cl. F02N 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 123—179.25  [74/6] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A startup torque transmitting mechanism of an internal combustion engine, comprising:
a ring gear to which torque from a starter motor side is transmitted;
a crankshaft side member which rotates in conjunction with a crankshaft;
a one-way clutch which is arranged between the ring gear and the crankshaft and which transmits torque generated by the starter motor from the ring gear to the crankshaft in one direction and prevents torque from being transmitted in the other direction, and requires no supply of lubrication oil;
a bearing which is arranged between the crankshaft or the crankshaft side member and a surface of the ring gear that faces in the opposite direction from the side of the ring gear on which the one-way clutch is arranged;
a first oil seal member which is arranged together with the bearing between the crankshaft or the crankshaft side member and the surface of the ring gear that faces in the opposite direction from the side of the ring gear on which the one-way clutch is arranged, and is arranged on the opposite side of the bearing from the internal combustion engine main body; and
a second oil seal arranged between the ring gear and the internal combustion engine main body.