Abstract: A planetary gear designed with helically cut teeth, in particular for motor vehicles, is provided with a sun wheel (1), which is non-rotatably connected with the drive shaft (2), a plurality of planet gears (4) mounted in a planet carrier (6) and a ring gear (7) which surrounds the planet gears (4) and is connected with a ring-gear carrier (8). In order to absorb axial forces, pairs of pressure surfaces (19, 20, 24) are provided on thrust rings (17, 18, 22) and the planet gears (4). Preferably, one pair of pressure surfaces (19) is provided between the sun wheel (1) or drive shaft (2), on the one hand, and the planet gears (4), on the other, and one pair of pressure surfaces (24) is provided between the planet gears (4) and the ring gear (7).

Abstract: A process and device for cleaning lubricating oil in a gearbox with pressurized oil lubrication of bearings and gears is described wherein a lubricating oil pump delivers lubricating oil from a container, preferably the oil pan of the gearbox. In a shaft of the gearbox, preferably the input shaft, the lubricant channel is expanded into a rotation chamber. Flow velocity is thereby greatly reduced and the rotation of the outer surface of this chamber is imparted to the lubricating oil. As a result of this, the dirt particles are centrifuged onto the outer surface, where they form a firmly adhering film. The cleaned lubricating oil is drawn off in the center of the rotation chamber and conveyed in known manner via a bore provided in the main shaft to oil consumer parts, e.g. the bearings.

Abstract: A lock synchronizer for gearing has a sleeve coupled to the synchronizing body which is engaged with a shaft by tiltable pressure pins which can entrain a synchronizing ring toward the gear whose side coupling teeth are engageable with inner coupling teeth of the sleeve. In addition a friction ring is provided in frictional engagement with the synchronizing ring and with face gearing engageable with face gearing of the gear. The friction ring, however, is free to rotate and to shift axially relative to the synchronizing body in both the neutral and fully coupled positions and is rotatably entrained with the gear only when the face gearings mesh.