Patents Examined by Erin D Bishop
  • Patent number: 11635029
    Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a planetary gearbox, comprising a sun gear, a plurality of planet gear assemblies, each planet gear assembly having a main gear meshed with the sun gear, a fore lateral gear and an aft lateral gear disposed on opposite sides of the main gear and rotating therewith, a diameter of the main gear being different than a diameter of the fore and aft lateral gears, a planet carrier rotatably supporting at least some of the planet gear assemblies, and at least one fore ring gear meshed with the fore lateral gears, at least one aft ring gear meshed with the aft lateral gears, wherein one of the sun gear, the planet carrier, and the ring gears is configured to be operatively connected to an input, one is configured to be operatively connected to an output, and rotation of a remaining one is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventor: Michel Desjardins
  • Patent number: 11598405
    Abstract: A planetary reducer contains: a sun gear rod, a gear assembly, a first external gear, and a second external gear. The sun gear rod includes an extension and a toothed section. The gear assembly includes a post, a first planetary gear, and a second planetary gear. Some of multiple teeth of the first planetary gear and some of multiple teeth of the second planetary gear expose outside the post. A number of the multiple teeth of the first planetary gear is different from a number of the multiple teeth of the second planetary gear. The first external gear includes a first surrounding portion and a first toothed portion which meshes with the first planetary gear. The second external gear includes a second surrounding portion and a second toothed portion which meshes with the second planetary gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sanwa Engineering Corp.
    Inventors: Li-Ping Chang, Ching-Yu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11592103
    Abstract: A carrier assembly has a pair of axially spaced-apart plates defining an axial gap therebetween. The plates have a plurality of planetary bores on a plurality of planetary axes. A plurality of planetary gear mount assemblies are disposed on the planetary axes and mounted within the planetary bores of the gear carrier. Each assembly comprises a journal bearing shaft having a pair of compliance grooves extending axially from opposed axial ends of the shaft. An inner cylindrical surface of each compliance groove defines a shaft mounting surface. A pair of collars is provided to assemble each journal bearing shaft to the carrier. Each collar has a mounting socket mating the shaft mounting surface and an external collar surface matching the planetary bore diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Julien Simard-Bergeron
  • Patent number: 11592090
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing is operationally coupled to the shift actuator and a linear clutch actuator. The linear clutch actuator is a self-adjusting actuator, and the transmission includes a self-adjusting clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Paul Peterson, Graeme Andrew Jackson, Timothy Scott Smith, Paul Wilson, Christian Chimner, Andrzej Wota, Kirk Strehlow
  • Patent number: 11572944
    Abstract: A floating spacer assembly for a gear mounted on a shaft, such as a planet gear mounted to a planet carrier, is disclosed. The gear may be mounted on the shaft with a pair of roller bearings with inner races and bearing rollers, and a gear bore having a gear groove defined therein functioning as the outer races of the roller bearings. The floating spacer assembly may include an annular spacer ring having one or more sector slots circumferentially spaced around the spacer ring, and a spacer sector disposed within each of the sector slots and extending radially outward from the spacer ring and into the gear groove when the floating spacer assembly is installed between the roller bearings. The spacer sectors may engage surfaces of the gear groove and the spacer ring may engage the bearing rollers to limit axial movement of the gear relative to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Vanyo N. Kirov, Bryan Dale Van Dyke, Keith A. Kabrick, Cody Lofgren, Thomas Werstler
  • Patent number: 11565577
    Abstract: The invention relates to a powertrain module (10) comprising: —a powertrain system for driving at least one wheel of a vehicle, the powertrain system comprising: —a motor (5) having an output shaft; —and a transmission system between the motor (5) and a drive shaft (4) connected to said wheel; —and a casing (11) which houses the transmission system. The powertrain module (10) comprises connecting means (15) for cooperating with the connecting means (15) of an identical powertrain module (10) arranged in a facing relationship with said powertrain module (10), for mechanically connecting said two powertrain modules (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jean Terrat, Thomas Barillot
  • Patent number: 11560756
    Abstract: A rotary actuator assembly can include a fluid motor with a rotor that displaces with hypocyclic precessional motion within a stator in response to fluid flow through the fluid motor, and a gear reducer section including an input gear that is fixed relative to the rotor and displaces with the hypocyclic precessional motion relative to an output gear. Another rotary actuator assembly can include a fluid motor with a rotor having a central longitudinal axis that rotates about a central longitudinal axis of a stator, and a gear reducer section including an input gear that rotates with the rotor and displaces relative to an output gear, and the input gear having the same central longitudinal axis as the rotor. A well system can include at least two fluid motors, and fluid flow through one fluid motor causes rotation of the other fluid motor in the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC
    Inventors: Roger L. Schultz, Brock W. Watson, Brett Fears
  • Patent number: 11543009
    Abstract: A continuously variable transmission system for hybrid power multi-mode switching, includes an input component, an output component, a clutch assembly, a brake, a hydraulic transmission assembly and a planetary gear assembly, wherein the input component is connected with the hydraulic transmission assembly, the output component is connected with the planetary gear assembly, the clutch assembly connects the input component and the hydraulic transmission assembly to the planetary gear assembly respectively, and the brake and the clutch assembly provide a transmission ratio for continuous forwarding or backwarding continuously between the input component and the output component. The hydro-mechanical transmission is switched to mechanical transmission by increasing the displacement ratio of the hydraulic transmission assembly linearly or non-linearly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Inventors: Zhen Zhu, Yingfeng Cai, Long Chen, Changgao Xia, Jiangyi Han, Dehua Shi, Feng Wang, Chaochun Yuan, Chaofeng Pan, Xing Xu
  • Patent number: 11541555
    Abstract: A robot wrist structure includes: a case, a first motor, a second motor, a first transmission mechanism, a second transmission mechanism, a first driving bevel gear, a second driving bevel gear, a driven bevel gear, a retaining fame, and an output connecting member; wherein the first motor and the second motor are mounted on the case, the first driving bevel gear, the second driving bevel gear and the driven bevel gear are respectively rotatably mounted in the retaining frame, the first driving bevel gear and the second driving bevel gear are both in mesh with the driven bevel gear, the first motor is connected to the first driving bevel gear by the first transmission mechanism, the second motor is connected to the second driving bevel gear by the second transmission mechanism, and the output connecting member is fixedly connected to the driven bevel gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: CLOUDMINDS (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., CLOUDMINDS ROBOTICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haotian Cui, Xunge Yan, Cheng Luo, William Xiao-qing Huang
  • Patent number: 11524747
    Abstract: A bicycle transmission using a variable speed motor and a planetary gear mechanism includes: a first input rotary shaft (10) rotatably connected to a main power source (11); a second input rotary shaft (20) receiving a motor rotational power from a variable speed motor (21); a planetary gear mechanism (30) receiving first and second rotational power respectively from the first input rotary shaft (10) and the second input rotary shaft (20), wherein the planetary gear mechanism (30) includes a ring gear (33), a carrier (31), a plurality of planet gears (32), and a sun gear (34); an output shaft (40) receiving a third rotational power from the planetary gear mechanism (30); and a control unit (50) controlling the variable speed motor (21) and controlling a rotational direction and speed of the second input rotary shaft (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Inventor: Soon Young Son
  • Patent number: 11525504
    Abstract: A powertrain arrangement for a transverse mounted motor for an electric powered automotive passenger vehicle including opposing wheel shafts for powering two parallel mounted wheels, the shafts rotating about a first axis, the shafts having at least one end torsionally connected with a differential, an electrical rotor torsionally connected with the wheel shafts via a planetary gear train, an electrical stator surrounding the rotor, a casing supporting the rotor and the wheel shafts, the casing encompassing the stator, the casing having a floor forming a lubricant reservoir, and a baffle located in the lubricant reservoir. The baffle forming a wall with a portal allowing flow through the formed wall, and wherein an increase of fluid pressure throttles flow through the formed wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BorgWarner Inc.
    Inventors: Philip J. Francis, Larry A. Pritchard
  • Patent number: 11518476
    Abstract: A multi-speed hub gear includes an axle, a planetary gear set, a clutch, a transmission member, a guide wheel, a compressed clutch spring, a shift mechanism and a torsional spring. While in switching a low gear to a high gear, the shift mechanism transforms a rotational motion into a linear motion for twisting the torsional spring. The compressed clutch spring pushes the clutch to displace from the transmission member toward the planetary gear set. While in switching the high gear to the low gear, the torsional spring drives the shift mechanism to transform the rotational motion into the linear motion, such that the clutch can displace from the planetary gear set toward the transmission member, and compress the compressed clutch spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SUN RACE STURMEY-ARCHER INC.
    Inventors: Hsing-Yang Su, Chia-Sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11506261
    Abstract: A gear device includes an outer cylinder; an internal member at least partially housed in the outer cylinder and configured to rotate relative to the outer cylinder about a predetermined rotation axis; a first main bearing fitted into an annular space formed between the outer cylinder and the internal member; and a second main bearing fitted into the annular space and configured to define the rotation axis in cooperation with the first main bearing. A distance between a first intersection where a load action line of the first main bearing intersects with the rotation axis and a second intersection where a load action line of the second main bearing intersects with the rotation axis is set to fall within a range expressed by a predetermined inequality expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shunsuke Yoshida, Kazuya Furuta, Tomohiko Masuda
  • Patent number: 11506276
    Abstract: A planet gear assembly comprising a planet carrier provided with at least one crankpin carrying a planet gear, the planet gear comprising a toothing provided with teeth, the toothing being situated around the crankpin and outside the crankpin. A planet gear bearing is arranged at least partially inside the crankpin, the planet gear comprising a foot that extends along an elevation axis at least partially into the crankpin, the planet gear comprising a rim connecting the foot and the toothing, outside the crankpin, the planet gear bearing extending radially from the foot to the internal face of the crankpin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventor: Douchane Fages
  • Patent number: 11499612
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing is operationally coupled to the shift actuator and a linear clutch actuator. The linear clutch actuator is a self-adjusting actuator, and the transmission includes a self-adjusting clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Peterson, Graeme Andrew Jackson, Timothy Scott Smith, Paul Wilson, Christian Chimner, Andrzej Wota, Kirk Strehlow
  • Patent number: 11479114
    Abstract: A compact transmission, in particular for use within a single-wheel drive unit, includes a gear carrier fixed to the frame, which has a continuous central recess, and a main transmission having an internally toothed ring gear rotatably mounted on the outside of the gear carrier, externally toothed gears arranged in front of the one of the end faces of the gear carrier and meshing with the ring gear, and an input sun shaft. The compact transmission further includes a transmission pre-stage arranged within the central recess, and a pre-stage input shaft having an externally toothed pre-stage sun wheel, a pre-stage ring gear, and at least one pre-stage intermediate gear meshing with both the pre-stage sun wheel and with the pre-stage ring gear. An additional carrier is fastened to the transmission carrier, via which the pre-stage intermediate gears are held captively in the central recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Meise, Marco Pech, Bartholomaeus Glinka, Markus Schmeink
  • Patent number: 11473653
    Abstract: A multistage friction/traction speed adapter having a first drive which can include a plurality of free rollers orbiting around a sun element within a frame, transmitting their orbiting movement to guided rollers which do not contact the sun element or the frame. The guided rollers are driven in the orbiting movement and transmit the rotary movement to a carrier via corresponding pins which engage with the carrier. A second drive can include rollers having radial position variation which is prevented from being transmitted to the carrier by providing accommodation at the pin level, either by providing a bushing around the pins with a bore that is eccentric relative to its outer surface, either by engaging the pins into the carriers in portions thereof which are made more flexible. A friction/traction gear at an angle is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: VECTIS DRIVE INC.
    Inventor: Philippe Fauteux
  • Patent number: 11473671
    Abstract: A motor vehicle transmission having a planetary gear system with three coaxially arranged gearsets (RS1, RS2, RS3) coupled to one another. The first gearset (RS1) includes a first sun gear (SR1), a first planet carrier (ST1) and a first ring gear (HR1). The second gearset (RS2) includes a second sun gear (SR2), a second planet carrier (ST2) and a second ring gear (HR2), and the third gearset (RS3) includes a third sun gear (SR3), a third planet carrier (ST3) and a third ring gear (HR3). The second and third gearsets (RS2, RS3) have the same stationary gear ratio and the second and third sun gears (SR2, SR3) are arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on a common driveshaft (AW). The second and third sun gears (SR2, SR3) are made integrally with the driveshaft (AW).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Vyacheslav Brushkivskyy
  • Patent number: 11439067
    Abstract: A shifting device for a transmission is disclosed. The shifting device comprises a transmission shaft, a shift gear being mounted thereon, wherein the shift gear is configured with a connecting hub which is axially displaceable relative to the transmission shaft, wherein the connecting hub has an internal toothing in engagement with an external toothing of the transmission shaft, so that the shift gear is drive-connected to the transmission shaft in an axially displaceable manner therewith. A latching device is further provided, the shift gear being axially displaceable thereby into a plurality of latching positions. The latching device comprises a spring-pretensioned setting pin displaceably mounted radially to the transmission shaft and in engagement with a setting shaft rotatably mounted in the transmission shaft, such that the setting shaft and the setting pin can be brought out of an unlocked position into a locked position and vice-versa by rotating the setting shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Prashant M. Jundale, Prathamesh Dhoke, Parag Kolte, Jorge Florez J. Moreno
  • Patent number: 11441651
    Abstract: A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing is operationally coupled to the shift actuator and a linear clutch actuator. The linear clutch actuator is a self-adjusting actuator, and the transmission includes a self-adjusting clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Peterson, Graeme Andrew Jackson, Timothy Scott Smith, Paul Wilson, Christian Chimner, Andrzej Wota, Kirk Strehlow