Electric clutch and automatic starting for engines

Claim 1

A MAGNETIC CLUTCH FOR COUPLING A DRIVING SHAFT TO A DRIVEN SHAFT INCLUDING A HIGH INERTIA FLYWHEEL FIXED ON THE DRIVING SHAFT SAID FLYWHEEL HAVING AN OUTER PERIPHERAL ENLARGED AREA EXTENDING TOWARD THE DRIVEN SHAFT, MEANS FOR FORMING A RELATIVELY ISOLATED MAGNETIC FIELD ADJACENT THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID ENLARGED AREA INCLUDING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL CLUTCH NEAR THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE ENLARGED AREA AND A COIL POSITIONED IN SAID CLUTCH, A CLUTCH ARMATURE SPACED FROM SAID FLYWHEEL AND GENERALLY AXIALLY ALIGNED WITH SAID MAGNETIC FIELD, THE FACE OF SAID ARMATURE OPPOSING SAID FLYWHEEL BEING DIVIDED INTO SEGMENTS, A FLEXIBLE SPRING-LIKE PLATE FIXED TO SAID DRIVEN SHAFT AND SUPPORTING SAID ARMATURE, SAID PLATE PERMITTING MOVEMENT OF SAID ARMATURE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID FLYWHEEL IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN SAID MAGNETIC FIELD, AND A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING ARMS MOUNTED ON SAID DRIVEN SHAFT ADJACENT SAID PLATE, EACH OF SAID ARMS CARRYING AN ADJUSTMENT MEANS POSITIONED TO CONTACT SAID PLATE FOR VARYING THE GAP BETWEEN SAID ARMATURE AND SAID FLYWHEEL.