The present disclosure provides a remote mount for an idler gear assembly, comprising: a gear mounting plate including a plurality of bores configured to receive a corresponding plurality of fasteners to mount a gear assembly to the gear mounting plate; and an attachment bracket including a plurality of mounting openings configured to receive a corresponding plurality of bolts to mount the remote mount to a cylinder head. The gear mounting plate supports the gear assembly such that a gear of the gear assembly rotates about an axis that is parallel to an axis of a crankshaft of an engine and the attachment bracket mounts to an upper surface of the cylinder head.

A rotary apparatus includes a casing having a top sunk opening and an axial hole that are coaxially with each other along an axial line. A top adjusting disc unit is fixed in the top sunk opening, and has a top inner surrounding surface and a top outer surrounding surface. A top inner hole of the top inner surrounding surface extends along a central line parallel to and offset from the axial line. The top outer surrounding surface is non-coaxial with the top inner surrounding wall. A passive gear unit is disposed in the axial hole, and is driven by an active gear unit that is driven by a drive unit in the casing. The passive gear unit has an output shaft extending along the central line. A top bearing is clamped between the top support portion and the top inner surrounding surface of the top adjusting disc unit.

A folding device to move a mirror head relative to a mirror foot of a motor vehicle exterior mirror. The folding device includes a carrier operatively connected to one of the mirror head or the mirror foot, a motor attached to the carrier, the motor having a motor shaft, an output drive operatively connected to one of the mirror head or the mirror foot, a gear mechanism to operatively connect the output drive to the motor shaft, and a pressure device operatively connected to the carrier to engage and press the motor shaft against the motor.

A robot joint structure includes a motor configured to be used for a robot joint shaft capable of turning about a vertical axis, a motor-side gear mounted on a shaft of the motor, an auxiliary bearing configured to axially support the shaft supplementally, an adapter configured to integrate the motor, the motor-side gear, and the auxiliary bearing, and a moving mechanism configured to move a unit structure integrated by the adaptor in a radial direction of the motor such that the motor-side gear approaches a mating gear meshing with the motor-side gear.

A power transmitting component that includes a housing, a case, a bearing, a bearing adjuster, and a retaining member. The housing defines a bearing bulkhead and an aperture, the aperture being disposed about a first axis. A pinion is coupled to the housing for rotation about a second axis that is not coincident with the first axis. A ring gear is coupled to the differential case and is meshed with the pinion. A bearing supports the case for rotation relative to the housing about the first axis. A bearing adjuster is disposed within the aperture and abuts the bearing. The retaining member is formed of a polymeric material and couples the bearing adjuster to the bearing bulkhead such that the bearing adjuster is non-rotatably and axially fixed to the housing and a preload is applied to the bearing in a direction along the first axis.

In accordance with an example embodiment, a wrist includes a frame, ring gear rotatable about a ring axis, and motor assembly with a pinion subassembly and motor with an output shaft. The pinion subassembly includes an internal spline and pinion connected to opposite sides of an internal shaft and rotatable about a pinion axis, and motor and frame bolt patterns. The motor is fastenable to the pinion subassembly at a plurality of motor-pinion indices via the motor bolt pattern. The pinion subassembly is fastenable to the frame mount at a plurality of pinion-frame indices via the frame bolt pattern so as to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and allow the output shaft to drive the ring gear via the internal spline, internal shaft, and pinion. The distance between the ring axis and the pinion axis varies for the plurality of pinion-frame indices.

A method of adjusting a drive mechanism includes measuring backlashes between the ring gear and the plurality of drive devices, and determining about positions of the plurality of drive devices with reference to the ring gear based on the backlashes measured in the measurement step. The measurement step includes: aligning the pinion of one of the plurality of drive devices to face a reference position in a circumferential direction of the ring gear and measuring a backlash between the ring gear and the said one drive device; and aligning the pinion of another one of the plurality of drive devices to face the reference position of the ring gear by revolving the plurality of the drive devices relative to the ring gear, and measuring a backlash between the ring gear and the said another drive device different from the said one drive device whose backlash has been measured.

A scissor gear assembly 31 has a main gear 33 and auxiliary gear 35 concentric to the main gear and in axial direction near the main gear. Further the assembly has planar annular springs 37 being interrupted at one place. At the interruption the springs have two ends 37a and 37b. The springs are present between both gears and are with one end 37a connected to the main gear 33 and with the other end 37b to the auxiliary gear 35, so that both gears are connected to each other in rotation direction via the springs. The springs 37 are completely placed radial outwards of the rotation axis 34 of the main gear 33 so space is created to assemble multiple springs. The solution is special suited for relative large size scissor gears.

A method of providing a predetermined backlash for a transmission comprising at least a first and a second interlocking toothed gear, the backlash being provided by positioning the first and second gear with respect to each other by means of spacer material applied to at least part of an upright sidewall of at least one first tooth, the upright sidewall facing a second tooth of the second gear adjacent to the first tooth, the layer of spacer material being pressed in between the first and the second tooth, the thickness of the layer of spacer material determining the predetermined backlash between the first and the second tooth.

In accordance with an example embodiment, a wrist includes a frame, ring gear rotatable about a ring axis, and motor assembly with a pinion subassembly and motor with an output shaft. The pinion subassembly includes an internal spline and pinion connected to opposite sides of an internal shaft and rotatable about a pinion axis, and motor and frame bolt patterns. The motor is fastenable to the pinion subassembly at a plurality of motor-pinion indices via the motor bolt pattern. The pinion subassembly is fastenable to the frame mount at a plurality of pinion-frame indices via the frame bolt pattern so as to mesh the pinion with the ring gear and allow the output shaft to drive the ring gear via the internal spline, internal shaft, and pinion. The distance between the ring axis and the pinion axis varies for the plurality of pinion-frame indices.