Abstract: A method of controlling an idle speed for an engine of a vehicle includes the steps of sensing a vehicle speed. At least one of a parking brake position and a clutch position is also sensed. When it is determined that the vehicle speed is below a maximum vehicle speed, and either the parking brake is released or the clutch is depressed, the engine idle speed is increased from a base idle speed to a launch idle speed.

Abstract: A method for serial operation of a motor vehicle with a transmission having a first electric machine, which is operated as a motor for driving the motor vehicle, and a second electric machine, which is operated as a generator, includes, after a generation of a change-over signal, switching the first electric machine from the operation as a motor to the operation as a generator, and switching the second electric machine from the operation as a generator to the operation as a motor in order to drive the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A differential having an overrunning clutch provided. The differential includes an inertial compensation assembly that is configured to counteract movement of a roller cage relative to a clutch cam housing to prevent unintended roller cage and clutch cam housing engagements. Unintended roller cage and clutch cam housing engagements may occur when the differential is subject to rotational accelerations caused, for example by, vehicle acceleration/deceleration, sudden braking, sudden changes in traction, road irregularities, bumps, jumps, u-joint phasing, etc.

Abstract: A bending meshing type gear device includes a wave generator; an external gear that is disposed on an outer periphery of the wave generator, and is bendably deformed as the wave generator rotates; a first internal gear meshing with the external gear; a second internal gear that is disposed on one side in an axial direction of the first internal gear to mesh with the external gear; and a wave generator bearing that is disposed between the external gear and the wave generator in a state where movement in the axial direction of the wave generator bearing is restricted. The external gear includes a protrusion on an inner periphery of the external gear. The protrusion engages with the wave generator bearing to restrict movement in the axial direction of the external gear.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are actuator, planetary-gear apparatus, and structural-unit embodiments configured to reduce noise and vibration caused by operation of planetary gears. An embodiment may include a ring gear having an outer peripheral surface that extends in the axial direction. A first raised portion may be formed on said outer peripheral surface; and a housing having an inner peripheral surface that is provided facing, and with a gap from, the outer peripheral surface of the ring gear. A second raised portion may be formed on said inner peripheral surface. Movement of the ring gear in the circumferential direction is limited by linear contact or point contact between the first raised portion and the second raised portion, for example. The outer peripheral surface and/or the inner peripheral surface may be a surface of a crowned shape that is bowed in the outer radial direction, according to some further embodiments.

Abstract: A vehicular differential device includes a differential rotation mechanism, and a torque input member that receives drive torque, the drive torque is distributed and transmitted to a first drive shaft and a second drive shaft. The differential rotation mechanism includes an input gear that rotates as a unit with the torque input member, an output gear that rotates as a unit with the first drive shaft, a first gear and a second gear that rotate as a unit, and a carrier that supports the first gear and the second gear, the carrier being configured to rotate as a unit with the second drive shaft. The gear ratio between the input gear and the first gear is different from that between the output gear and the second gear. During differential rotation, the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft are rotated in opposite directions.

Abstract: A system includes a bearing, a lubricant line, a vessel and a sensor. The lubricant line is designed to introduce lubricant from a bearing gap of the bearing into the vessel. The sensor is designed to measure at least one physical variable of lubricant that is situated in the vessel. The vessel includes an outlet or overflow. The system includes a lubricant sump and a device for introducing lubricant from the sump into the bearing gap of the bearing.

Abstract: A gear transmission (20) includes a plurality of shift gears (36, 37), a plurality of shifters (55, 56) engaged, respectively, with the plurality of shift gears (36, 37), and a shift drum (58) rotatably operated by a stepped speed changing operational tool (66) to operate the plurality of shifters (55, 56), thus being speed-changed in forward three speed stages. The stepped speed changing operational tool (66) is switched to a neutral position, a forward third speed position, a forward second speed position and a forward first speed position in this cited order.

Abstract: A speed reducer includes a helical gear, an eccentric shaft and a slider plate. The speed reducer also includes a transmission gear and an output gear body. The transmission gear is supported at a first support part, transmission gear spinning is restricted by engagement with the slider plate, and the transmission gear revolves by the helical gear rotating with the eccentric shaft. The output gear body rotates by the transmission gear revolving. The transmission gear includes a pair of restricting protrusions protruding toward the slider plate side. The restricting protrusions have engaging surfaces that touch the slider plate wherein the engaging surfaces oppose the slider plate in a radial direction of the transmission gear. Surfaces at opposite sides of the restricting protrusions from the slider plate are formed, as seen in the axis direction of the transmission gear, to be convex to the opposite sides thereof from the slider plate.

Abstract: A power transmission device includes a motor, a first planetary reduction gear connected downstream of the motor, a second planetary reduction gear connected downstream of the first planetary reduction gear, a differential gear connected downstream of the second planetary reduction gear, a drive shaft connected downstream of the differential gear, and a case member. The drive shaft penetrates an inner circumference of a rotor of the motor, an inner circumference of a sun gear of the first planetary reduction gear, and an inner circumference of a sun gear of the second planetary reduction gear. A portion of the differential case positioned between the first planetary reduction gear and the second planetary reduction gear is supported at an inner circumference side of a portion of the case member with a first bearing being interposed.

Abstract: A mechanical gearbox for aircraft includes a sun gear with an external toothing, a ring gear with an internal toothing, and planet gears which are meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear and which each have a first toothing of average diameter D32 meshed with the toothing of the sun gear, and a second toothing of average diameter D28, different from D32, meshed with the internal toothing of the ring gear. The planet gears are guided by hydrodynamic bearings which each include a first smooth guiding surface extending at least partly under the first toothing, and a second smooth guiding surface extending at least partly under the second toothing.

Abstract: A speed reducing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of speed reducer units arranged in parallel; and an output rotating body that rotates by power received from the speed reducer units. Each of the speed reducer units includes a casing and a speed reducing mechanism unit. The casing has a peripheral wall with inner teeth disposed on an inner periphery of the peripheral wall. The speed reducing mechanism unit meshes with the inner teeth to decelerate input rotation. At least two of the speed reducer units are disposed adjacent to each other such that outer surfaces of peripheral walls of casings thereof are in contact with each other. In at least one of two peripheral walls contacting with each other, a thickness of a contact portion is smaller than a thickness of other portions in a circumference of the same peripheral wall.

Abstract: A turbomachine engine includes a fan assembly and a core engine comprising a turbine and an input shaft rotatable with the turbine is provided. A single-stage epicyclic gear assembly receives the input shaft at a first speed and drives an output shaft coupled to the fan assembly at a second speed. A sun gear rotates about a longitudinal centerline of the gear assembly and has a sun gear-mesh region along the longitudinal centerline of the gear assembly where the sun gear is configured to contact a plurality of planet gears. A ring gear-mesh region is provided along the longitudinal centerline of the gear assembly where a ring gear is configured to contact the plurality of planet gears. The sun gear-mesh region is axially offset from the ring gear-mesh region along the longitudinal centerline.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gearing device for a seat including a first internally toothed gear, a second internally toothed gear, an externally toothed gear, and an eccentric member. The first internally toothed gear includes a rotation center axis. The second internally toothed gear has the rotation center axis in common with the first internally toothed gear and is rotatably supported by the first internally toothed gear. The externally toothed gear is arranged to an inner side of the first and the second internally toothed gear, to thereby mesh with the first and the second internally toothed gears. The eccentric member rotates the externally toothed gear such that a rotation center thereof follows a path around the rotation center axis, rotatably supports the externally toothed gear about the rotation center, and rotates about the rotation center axis in response to a rotational force being externally input thereto.

Abstract: A drive device for a motor vehicle includes a drive unit with a driveshaft, a housing, and a planetary gear set disposed in the housing with a sun gear. A connection device allows relative movements, running in an axial direction of the driveshaft, between the sun gear and the driveshaft, via which the sun gear is drivable by the driveshaft. An axial bearing has a roller bearing for axially mounting the sun gear where the axial bearing is disposed in the axial direction between the drive unit and the planetary gear set. A bearing casing formed separately from the housing supports the roller bearing in the axial direction via an outer ring of the roller bearing non-rotationally connected to the bearing casing and the bearing casing is connected axially fixedly to the housing.

Abstract: A drive unit includes a rotary electric machine, a first fluid coupling, and a differential device. The first fluid coupling is configured to transmit a power outputted from the rotary electric machine through a hydraulic fluid. The differential device is disposed coaxial with the first fluid coupling. The differential device is configured to cause differential rotation of a pair of drive wheels.

Abstract: A ball-planetary continuously variable transmission (CVT) capable of stable control in forward and reverse rotation over a range of speed ratios including underdrive and overdrive is provided. Imparting a skew angle (zeta) causes unbalanced forces that change the tilt angle (gamma), resulting in a change in speed ratio of the CVT. Angularly orientating a control system of the CVT with a positive offset angle (psi) configures the CVT for operation in a first direction of rotation or angularly orientating the control system with a negative offset angle (psi) configures the CVT for operation in a reverse direction of rotation. A control system for configuring the offset angle (psi) may lead or trail the planets. The control system may configure a larger offset angle for more stable control or may configure a smaller offset angle for higher sensitivity in potential rollback scenarios.

Abstract: A planetary gear apparatus for a power transmission apparatus including a transmission housing includes a sun gear provided on a first shaft, first and second planet carriers rotatably supporting pinion gears gear-engaged with the sun gear, and a ring gear gear-engaged with the pinion gears, where an internal circumference of the sun gear is spline-engaged with an external circumference of the first shaft, where first and second support shafts are fixed to first and second side surfaces of the ring gear, respectively, where the first support shaft is rotatably supported by a supporting frame fixed to the transmission housing, interposing a first bearing, where the second support shaft is rotatably supported by the transmission housing, interposing a second bearing, where the first planet carrier is rotatably supported by the first support shaft interposing a third bearing, and where the second planet carrier is fixedly connected to a connection end portion of a second shaft.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mechanical reduction gearing (1) comprising: —an input shaft (3), —a sun gear (5) coupled in rotation to the input shaft (3), —a planet carrier (7) rotatable with respect to the input shaft (3) and supporting an output shaft (74) coaxial with the input shaft (3), said planet carrier (7) comprising at least one planet shaft (s1, s2, s3) extending parallel to the input shaft (3), —at least one cam (13) arranged around the planet shaft (s1, s2, s3) and comprising a first axial portion (p1) concentric to the planet shaft (s1, s2, s3) and at least one second eccentric axial portion (p2, p3), said at least one planet shaft (s1, s2, s3) being mounted rotatably with respect to the planet carrier (7) and/or said at least one cam (13) being mounted rotatably with respect to the associated planet shaft, —at least one planet gear (15) coupled in rotation to the cam (13) at its first concentric axial portion (p1) and configured to engage with the sun gear (5), —a peripheral annulus (17)

Abstract: A cycloid speed reducer includes an input shaft, a rolling assembly, a first cycloid disc, a second cycloid disc, a first crankshaft, a second crankshaft, a first output disc and a second output disc. The first cycloid disc and the second cycloid disc are disposed around the input shaft and rotated with the input shaft. The first cycloid disc and the second cycloid disc are located at two opposite sides of the rolling assembly, respectively. The first crankshaft includes a first concentric end and a first eccentric end. The first eccentric end is linked with the first cycloid disc. The second crankshaft includes a second concentric end and a second eccentric end. The second eccentric end is linked with the second cycloid disc. The first output disc is linked with the first concentric end. The second output disc is linked with the second concentric end.