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CLAIMS

1. Coil carrier (16) for an electromagnetic switch (1) of a starting device (2),
- having a cavity (18) which is enclosed by a carrier wall (19) for the winding
5 of a coil wire (30), which carrier wall (19) extends in an axial direction (17) from a first
end wall (39) to a second end wall (40),
- having at least one separating body (38) which protrudes radially, and ex-
tends in a circumferential direction, on that side of the carrier wall (19) which is averted
from the cavity (18),
10 - wherein the respective separating body (38) has a recess (53) which sep-
arates a first separating body end (54) of the separating body (38) from a second
separating body end (55) of the separating body (38) in a circum-ferential direction,
- wherein the separating body (38) has an axially running body width (57)
which decreases along the circumferential direction.
15 characterized
in that the body width (57) decreases in continuous fashion in a circumferen-tial
direction between one of the separating body ends (54) and the other separating body
end (55).

20 2. Coil carrier according to Claim 1, characterized

in that at least one of the separating bodies (38) is formed as an intermediate
separating body (38') arranged axially between the end walls (39, 40) and separates wall
segments (56) of the carrier wall (19) axially from one another,
which wall segments (56) are connected to one another by the recess (53) of the
25 intermediate separating body (38’).

3. Coil carrier according to Claim 1 or 2,

characterized
in that at least one of the separating bodies (38) is formed as an end separat-ing
30 body (38") arranged axially on the end side of the carrier wall (19).

4. Coil carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 3,

characterized
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in that at least one of the separating bodies (38) has at least one axial flank (58)
which runs in a radially inclined manner and which thus forms an angle (β) with a radial
direction (51) running transversely with respect to the axial direction (17), such that the
body width (57) of the separating body (38) de-creases in the radial direction (51).
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5. Coil carrier according to one of Claims 1 to 4,
characterized
in that the coil carrier (16) has at least two such separating bodies (38) which are
axially spaced apart, wherein the body widths (57) of separating bodies (38) arranged in
10 succession in the axial direction (17) decrease alternately from the first separating body
end (54) to the second separating body end (55) and vice versa.

6. Electromagnetic switch (1) for a starting device (2) of an internal combustion

engine (3),
15 - having a coil carrier (16) according to one of the preceding claims,
- having a coil winding (13) which has a coil wire (30) wound on a side,
averted from the hollow body (18), of the carrier wall (19), which coil wire, during
operation, is flowed through by an electrical current and thus generates a magnetic field
within the cavity (18).
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7. Electromagnetic switch according to Claim 6,
characterized
- in that the coil body (16) is designed according to one of Claims 2 to 5 and
has an intermediate separating body (38') which separates a first wall segment (56')
25 from a second wall segment (56"),
- in that the coil wire (30) has a first axial winding section (35) which is
wound on one of the wall segments (56’, 56”) in a first winding direction (28), and on the
other wall segment (56’, 56”) in a second winding direction (29) which is opposite to the
first winding direction (28), around the carrier wall (19),
30 - in that the coil wire (30) is led through the recess (53) of the intermediate
separating body (38').

8. Electromagnetic switch according to Claim 7,

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characterized
- in that the coil carrier (16) has two intermediate separating bodies (38')
which are axially spaced apart from one another, wherein a first of the intermediate
separating bodies (38') separates the first wall segment (56') from the second wall
5 segment (56"), and a second of the intermediate separating bodies (38') separates the
second wall segment (56") from a third wall segment (56'"),
- in that the coil wire (56) is, in the first winding section (35) on the first wall
segment (56'), in the second winding section (36) on the second wall segment (56") and
in a third winding section (37) on the third wall segment (56’”), wound in the first
10 winding direction (29),
- in that the coil wire (30) is led through the recess (53) of the respective
intermediate separating body (38').

9. Electromagnetic switch according to one of Claims 6 to 8,

15 characterized
in that an extent of at least one of the recesses (53) in circumferential direction
corresponds to a dimension, running in the circumferential direction, of the coil wire
(30), such that the coil wire (30) is received in the recess (53) in a form-fitting manner in
a circumferential direction.
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10. Electromagnetic switch according to one of Claims 6 to 9,
characterized
in that a radially running separating body height (61) of at least one of the
separating bodies (38) corresponds to a radial dimension of the coil wire (30).
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