F16H2055/176

Axle system with a planetary support structure

An axle system is provided herein. In one example, the axle system includes a gearbox housing at least partially enclosing a gearbox and a planetary gearset that is rotationally coupled to an output of the gearbox and positioned co-axial with a rotational axis of an axle shaft in a differential. The planetary gearset includes a ring gear grounded by a planetary support that is attached to the gearbox housing.

STRAIN WAVE GEARING WITH INPUT TO OUTPUT BRAKING
20230355336 · 2023-11-09 ·

A braking assembly for a strain wave gearing of a surgical robotic manipulator, the braking assembly including a first braking member fixedly coupled to an input portion of a strain wave gearing of a surgical robotic manipulator; and a second braking member fixedly coupled to an output portion of the strain wave gearing, and wherein during a braking operation the first braking member contacts the second braking member to mechanically brake the input portion to the output portion.

BOLTLESS UNITARY RING GEAR-FLANGE BODY
20230341038 · 2023-10-26 · ·

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a unitary ring gear-flange body (URGFB). In an illustrative example, the flange body may be spin-formed and may, for example, include a riser body extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis and a flange extending substantially radially outward from the riser body. To the riser body may, for example, be welded a ring gear to form a unitary assembly, the ring gear having an axis of revolution aligned with the longitudinal axis. A continuous coating may, for example, be applied to at least a selected portion of a surface of the unitary assembly. Various embodiments may advantageously provide a cost-efficient, weight-efficient, and/or time-efficient unitary body which may, for example, be coupled to machinery to provide a shaftless torque-transmitter.

GEARBOX
20230383835 · 2023-11-30 · ·

A rotary actuator assembly includes a gearbox disposed within a cavity of a housing. The gearbox includes a fixed gear with elevations arranged on an outer surface that are designed to engage the housing and fix the gear to the housing.

Reduction gear for ring gear retention

A reduction gear for a turbomachine (6) extending around an axis (X-X) of rotation, comprising a ring gear (9) connected to a ring gear carrier (12), wherein the ring gear carrier (12) has, according to a section view along a plane including the axis (X-X), an internal segment (124), an external segment (126) and a ring gear support (128), extending successively from the internal shaft (122) until the ring gear support (128), the internal segment (124) extends until a radius R1 with respect to the axis (X-X), the external segment (126) forms an angle β with the internal segment (124), the ring gear support (128) forms an angle α with the external segment (126), and is secured to the ring gear (9) via a bolted connection accomplished at a nominal radius R2 with respect to the axis (X-X), in that the ratio R1/R2 is comprised between 0.3 and 0.7.

AXLE SYSTEM WITH A PLANETARY SUPPORT STRUCTURE
20220268349 · 2022-08-25 ·

An axle system is provided herein. In one example, the axle system includes a gearbox housing at least partially enclosing a gearbox and a planetary gearset that is rotationally coupled to an output of the gearbox and positioned co-axial with a rotational axis of an axle shaft in a differential. The planetary gearset includes a ring gear grounded by a planetary support that is attached to the gearbox housing.

Electric drive unit assembly

A drive unit assembly. The drive unit assembly includes one or more first motors drivingly connected to at least a first end portion of a first shaft. A planetary gear assembly having a sun gear, one or more planetary gears, a ring gear and a carrier. At least a portion of the sun gear is drivingly connected to at least a portion of a second end portion of the first shaft and the carrier is drivingly connected to at least a portion of the one or more planetary gears. A differential input member is drivingly connected to at least a portion of the carrier and a differential assembly. At least a portion of a first axle half shaft is drivingly connected to the differential and is disposed within a hollow portion of said first shaft and a second axle half shaft is drivingly connected to the differential assembly.

METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ALUMINUM CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW BODY FOR A VEHICLE TRANSMISSION AND A CYLINDRICAL HOLLOW BODY
20220241908 · 2022-08-04 ·

The relates to a method for producing and machining a cylindrical hollow body constructed of aluminium or an aluminium alloy and for arranging said hollow body in a motor vehicle transmission. The hollow body is produced by a casting process such that the hollow body has an inner and an outer lateral surface and has teeth in at least one sub-region of the inner lateral surface. For machining, the hollow body is centrally clamped. The hollow body is arranged in the vehicle transmission by tooth flanks of the internal teeth. In the disclosed method according to the disclosure, the hollow body is centrally clamped at a tip diameter of the internal teeth. The disclosure further relates to a corresponding cylindrical hollow body and to a corresponding vehicle transmission.

GEAR HOUSING FOR A PLANETARY GEAR DEVICE THAT STRUCTURALLY ISOLATES AN INNER GEAR
20220205528 · 2022-06-30 ·

Separate structural units for an inner gear and a housing of a planetary gear device include an inner gear with a first raised portion formed on the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear, where the first raised portion extends towards in a direction that is inclined with respect to the axial direction of the inner gear. A housing includes a second raised portion formed on an inner peripheral surface, where the second raised portion extends in a direction that is inclined in respect to the axial direction. The housing contains the inner gear such that there is a gap formed between the inner peripheral surface of the housing and the outer peripheral surface of the inner gear. Movement of the inner gear within the interior of the housing is limited through linear contact of the first raised portion and the second raised portion.