Electric Or Magnetic Drive Or Control Patents (Class 475/149)
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Patent number: 8936525Abstract: A gear system 1 includes: an internal gear 12; an external gear 11; an input shaft 10 rotatably inserted into a center hole 11a formed in the external gear 11; and an anti-rotation section 19 configured to block rotation of the external gear 11. The input shaft 10 has an eccentric part 10a. The anti-rotation section 19 is formed such that the input shaft 10 is inserted into the anti-rotation section 19, and is rotatable about a center line of the input shaft 10. The gear system 1 includes: a brake 15 configured to disable movement of the anti-rotation section 19 about the input shaft 10; and a clutch system 16 configured to select one of a coupling state in which the anti-rotation section 19 and the input shaft 10 are coupled together to rotate together, and a non-coupling state in which the anti-rotation section 19 and the input shaft 10 are rotatable relative to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Inventor: Toshiaki Shimada
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Patent number: 8932168Abstract: An automated manual transmission may include first and second auxiliary gears, wherein the first auxiliary gear is rotatably provided on an INPUT shaft to be rotated relatively with respect to the INPUT shaft and wherein the second auxiliary gear is provided on an OUTPUT shaft to be meshed with the first auxiliary gear, a planetary gear unit provided with three or more rotational elements wherein one rotational element thereof receives power from an engine to be rotated constantly and another rotational element thereof is coupled to the first auxiliary gear provided on the INPUT shaft to be rotated, and a motor generator that is coupled to still another rotational element of the rotational elements and provides a rotational power to the still another rotational element in shifting gears so that the rotational power is transmitted to the OUTPUT shaft through the first and second auxiliary gears.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Wan Soo Oh, Heung Seok Lee, Jae Woong Hwang
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Publication number: 20150005131Abstract: A transmission device with at least one electrical variator for the continuous variation of a transmission ratio and with power branching. A planetary gear unit is coupled to a transmission input shaft and to a shaft of the electrical variator, and also to a change-speed gearbox, in the area of which, in combination with the electrical variator, a number of transmission ratio ranges can be produced. Within the transmission ratio ranges, the transmission ratio of the transmission device can in each case be varied continuously by the electrical variator. Along the power path, between the shaft of the electrical variator connected to the planetary gear unit and the planetary gear unit itself, a mechanism is provided where at least part of the torque transmitted along the power path, between the electrical variator and the planetary gear unit, can be reinforced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Manuel Gotz, Gerhard Bailly
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Publication number: 20150005130Abstract: A wheel driving device is proposed in which it is possible to prevent vibration of an internal gear due to torque transmitted to the internal gear from being transmitted to a speed reducer casing. The wheel driving device includes a speed reducer for transmitting the rotation of an electric motor to a hub ring supporting a vehicle wheel after reducing its speed. The speed reducer is a cycloid speed reducer including an external gear, and an internal gear meshing with the external gear and rotationally fixed to the speed reducer casing through a rotationally fixing arrangement which is also capable of elastically supporting the internal gear. The rotationally fixing arrangement absorbs, by elastic deformation, vibration of the internal gear due to torque transmitted from the external gear to the internal gear, thereby preventing the vibration of the internal gear from being transmitted to the speed reducer casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2013Publication date: January 1, 2015Applicant: NTN CORPORATIONInventors: Ken Yamamoto, Minoru Suzuki
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Patent number: 8920278Abstract: A gear transmission comprises a crankshaft that eccentrically rotates one of an internal gear and an external gear. A first gear is attached to one end of the crankshaft. A ring gear having internal teeth meshes with the first gear. An intermediate gear meshes with external teeth of the ring gear. A second gear is attached to one end of an output shaft of a motor and meshes with the intermediate gear. The motor and the crankshaft are positioned, relative to the intermediate gear, on the same side in the axial direction of the gear transmission.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Nabtesco CorporationInventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Shigeki Asano
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Publication number: 20140378261Abstract: A wind turbine has a rotor and a generator. A planetary transmission is arranged between the rotor and the generator, the planetary transmission being operatively connected to the rotor and the generator. The planetary transmission has at least one planet gear, at least one planet pin, and a planet carrier, the planet gear being arranged on the planet pin. At least one sliding bearing is arranged between the planet pin and the planet carrier, and the planet gear is rotationally fixed to the planet pin.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: MIBA GLEITLAGER GMBHInventor: Alexander Kari
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Publication number: 20140378260Abstract: The invention relates to a drive arrangement for a wind turbine, and to a wind turbine incorporating a drive arrangement. In one embodiment, a drive arrangement (12) for a wind turbine (10) is disclosed which comprises a rotor shaft (20); a gearbox assembly (22) for transferring torque from the rotor shaft to an electrical power generator (18), the gearbox assembly comprising: an input shaft (40); an output shaft (42); a primary gear stage (44); and a secondary gear stage (46), each gear stage having a plurality of planet gears (52; 58) positioned around the output shaft, an annular gear (84; 86) meshed with the planet gears, and a sun gear (82; 88) meshed with the planet gears and arranged to transfer torque to the output shaft. The drive arrangement also comprises a drive transfer mechanism (24) for transferring torque from the rotor shaft into the gearbox assembly via the input shaft; and a primary load carrying member (56) for releasably mounting the gearbox assembly to a housing (34) of the wind turbine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: David Brown Wind UKInventors: Alan Bradley Dewar, Scott Douglas Edmondson, Scott Tran
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Publication number: 20140371018Abstract: A rotary power tool, such as an oil pulse driver, includes: a motor, a pinion rotated by the motor, planet gears that mesh with the pinion, an internal gear that meshes with the planet gears and a shaft that is rotationally driven by the planet gears and disposed frontward of the planet gears. The internal gear comprises an internal gear part and an internal gear retaining part for holding the internal gear part. An oil unit bearing is disposed frontward of the internal gear part, and the oil unit bearing is held at a front part of the internal gear retaining part.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Inventor: Yoshihiro ITO
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Publication number: 20140364263Abstract: A motor having an annular stator mounted to an inner side of a tubular housing and a rotor core disposed inward of the stator in a radial direction of the stator, includes: a shaft which is mounted to the rotor core, and which extends in a direction of a rotation center axis of the rotor core, a gear being able to be mounted on one end side of the shaft; a bearing which rotatably supports the shaft to the housing on a side of the gear than the rotor core; a tubular collar which is mounted to an outer peripheral section of the shaft and between the bearing and the gear; and a bearing mounting member which is mounted to an inner side of the housing from a side of the rotor core and mounts the bearing to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: December 11, 2014Inventors: Hiroyuki Tokunaga, Kazuhiro Okamoto, Akira Okabe
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Publication number: 20140349800Abstract: The present invention consists of the use of a control rotary actuator coupled to a worm gear mechanism for changing the transmission ratio by varying the speed of the crown of the epicyclic gear mechanism. The claimed CVT is characterized by a combined mechanical system with a low power motor, which serves as a positioner. The design of the present invention is based on the use of a rotary control actuator worm gear instead of traditional continuously variable transmission pulleys or the continuously variable toroidal transmission, in order to modify the transmission ratio by varying the speed of the epicyclic crown mechanism. This continuously variable transmission does not require any clutch to vary the gear ratio or transmission throughout its operating range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDERInventors: Carlos Rodrigo Correa Cely, Jhony de Jesus Leyva Ricardo, Gisell Bernate Izquierdo
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Publication number: 20140349801Abstract: The description relates to a gearbox arrangement (4) with an internally toothed ring gear (7) and two spur gears (5, 14) which mesh with the latter and which engage with a common intermediate gear (15), wherein at least one of the spur gears (5) is connected to a shaft (6) so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to it. According to the invention, the working pressure angle between the spur gears (5, 14) and the ring gear (7) is at least approximately, i.e. about identical in size.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: November 27, 2014Inventor: Klaus-Peter Brenner
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Publication number: 20140341613Abstract: A gear transmission device includes a first external gear driven by a drive motor attached to a first side of a frame and a first internal gear driven by the first external gear. The first internal gear includes an outer cylinder portion, an end plate, an annular opening, and an inner cylinder portion including a shaft hole. The outer cylinder portion includes internal teeth formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof. The inner cylinder portion is formed concentrically inside the outer cylinder portion. The end plate connects the outer cylinder portion, the inner cylinder portion, and the shaft hole at one end in an axial direction. In a state in which the annular opening faces a second side of the frame opposite the first side thereof, the first external gear is inserted to the annular opening to mesh with the internal teeth of the outer cylinder portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Masahiro ISHIDA, Shinya SHIMIZU, Naoki MATSUDA
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Publication number: 20140342867Abstract: The invention relates to an electric motor/gear mechanism unit including a housing, an iron-free rotor winding rotatably arranged in the interior of the housing, a collector connected to the rotor winding, a rotor shaft extending through the collector, and a gear mechanism which is connected to the rotor shaft and which has an output shaft. The present invention is so conceived that the gear mechanism is produced from a non-magnetic material and arranged in the interior of the rotor winding.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Applicant: MAXON MOTOR AGInventors: Daniel SHERWIN, Hugo FRITSCHY, Franzxaver FÖLMLI, Jens Oliver SCHULZE, Raniero PITTINI, Dirk ZIMMERMANN
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Patent number: 8876643Abstract: A device for driving a vehicle includes a housing, an electric motor, a differential gear unit, and a planetary gear unit. The planetary gear unit includes a sun gear connected to the electric motor, a ring gear coupleable via a first coupling to the housing, a plurality of planetary gears disposed between the ring gear and the sun gear and mounted on a planet carrier coupled to the differential gear unit, the planet carrier coupleable to the ring gear by a second coupling, the second coupling being disposed in a plane with the first coupling parallel to the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und VerkehrInventors: Frank Fickel, Jens Liebold, Erik Schneider
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Patent number: 8876646Abstract: A movable furniture part, such as a furniture drawer, includes an ejector device having an ejector lever and an electric motor for driving the ejector lever. A retracting device has a pulling member that can be wound onto a roll. The roll can be driven by an electric motor, and the ejector device and retracting device are mechanically connected to one another such that they can be mounted as a unit in or on a furniture body.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Julius Blum GmbHInventor: Ingo Gasser
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Patent number: 8870697Abstract: A hybrid drive system includes an input member, a rotating electric machine, a power distributing apparatus that distributes and transmits torque that is transmitted to the input member to the rotating electric machine and an output member, an output gear capable of outputting torque transmitted to the output member, and an output bearing that rotatably supports the output member from the radially inner side. The entire apparatus is arranged overlapping with the output member at a position in an axial direction on the radially inner side of the output member, and a ring gear of the apparatus is integrally provided with the output member, on an inner peripheral surface of the output member. The output gear is integrally provided with the output member, on an outer peripheral surface of the output member. The output bearing and the output gear are arranged overlapping at a position in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignees: Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Natsuki Sada, Tomoo Atarashi, Hirotaka Yata, Tomoaki Nishizuru, Michitaka Tsuchida
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Patent number: 8870704Abstract: A transmission comprising a transmission (7) and a reduction stage. Sun of set (P1) is connected to the input (1), which can be releasably connected, via clutch (A), to shaft (6) connected to sun of set (P2) and sun of set (P3), and, via clutch (B), is connectable to shaft (5) connected to carrier of set (P2) and ring of set (P3). Shaft (5) is coupled to housing (G) via brake (F). Carrier of set (P1) is connected to shaft (4) connected with ring of set (P2) and is couplable, via brake (E), to housing (G). Ring of set (P1) is connected to shaft (3) which is couplable, via brake (D), to housing (G). Output (2) is connected to carrier of set (P3). Carrier of set (P4) is connected to output (2), ring of set (P4) is couplable, via brake (H), to housing (G), and sun of set (P4) is connected to the shaft (6).Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AGInventors: Markus Maurer, Torsten Buechner, Dominik Steinhauser
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Publication number: 20140296014Abstract: In a rotation apparatus including a motor and a speed reducer, the speed reducer includes a casing, an internal gear integrated with the casing, a planetary gear internally engaged with the internal gear, and a carrier body arranged in an axial side portion of the planetary gear, the motor and the speed reducer are connected with each other via an adapter, the adapter includes a motor-fixed surface fixed to the motor, a carrier-fixed surface fixed to the carrier body, and an externally fixed surface that is not parallel with the carrier-fixed surface and is fixed to an external member, a driven member is connected to the casing, the driven member, the speed reducer, and the externally fixed surface are overlapped with each other when viewed from a radial direction, and the driven member is rotated within a range of 180 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Sakae MITSUFUJI, Shinichi NISHIBE, Yuichi NISHITANI, Tetsuzo ISHIKAWA
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Publication number: 20140296015Abstract: A shovel includes a turning drive unit. The turning drive unit includes a turning electric motor, a turning speed reducer configured to transmit the rotational driving force of the turning electric motor to a turnable body, and a brake unit configured to maintain the turnable body in a state where the turning of the turnable body is stopped. The turning speed reducer includes a planetary speed reducer including a planetary carrier. The planetary carrier includes an output shaft part that forms an output shaft and a carrier part that holds a planetary gear in such a manner as to allow the rotation of the planetary gear. The output shaft part and the carrier part are fastened by a fastening member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi OKADA, Akihiko Inada, Terukazu Matsugi, Kazunori Hiranuma
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Patent number: 8845472Abstract: A drive transmission unit includes a planetary gear mechanism. The planetary gear mechanism includes an outer gear rotatably disposed on a shaft, a sun gear rotated by a power source, coaxially disposed on the same shaft as the outer gear, multiple planetary gears to engage the sun gear and the outer gear, disposed along an inner circumferential surface of the outer gear, a carrier rotatable on the same shaft as the outer gear to rotatably support the planetary gears, a contact member that contacts the sun gear as the sun gear moves in a direction of thrust due to engagement with the plurality of planetary gears, and a grease retaining portion to retain grease near a contact portion at which the sun gear contacts the contact member as the sun gear moves in the direction of thrust. The outer gear, the sun gear, and the planetary gears are helical gears.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Hiromichi Matsuda, Katsuaki Miyawaki, Tetsuo Watanabe, Yasuhiro Maehata, Keisuke Shimizu
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Publication number: 20140287863Abstract: Construction capable of improving the convenience of an electric automobile is achieved by making the drive apparatus for an electric automobile in which a planetary-gear transmission 11 is assembled more compact and simple, and increasing the distance traveled per charge. The planetary-gear transmission 11 comprises a single-pinion first planetary-gear mechanism 12 and a double-pinion second planetary-gear mechanism 13, and reduces power from an electric motor 1a by a desired reduction ratio before transmitting that power to a driven-side rotating shaft 5a. A first braking device 14 switches a ring gear 22 and a second braking device 15 switches a second sun gear 19 between a state of being allowed to rotate and a state of being prevented from rotating with respect to a fixed portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: NSK Ltd.Inventors: Kazutaka Tanaka, Eiji Inoue, Takashi Imanishi, Yasuyuki Matsuda, Daisuke Gunji
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Publication number: 20140274526Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of angle impact tools are disclosed. In at least one illustrative embodiment, an angle impact tool may comprise a motor including an output shaft configured to rotate about a first axis, an impact mechanism configured to drive rotation of an output drive about a second axis that is non-parallel to the first axis, and a gear assembly configured to be driven by the output shaft of the motor and to drive the impact mechanism, the gear assembly comprising a planetary gear set coupled to the output shaft of the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANYInventor: Mark T. McClung
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Patent number: 8834311Abstract: A drive system with a central longitudinal axis includes a brushless DC servomotor with a stator and a rotor disposed radially interior of the stator. The rotor defines a coaxial central void space. A planetary gear assembly connected to an input shaft and an output shaft is coaxially disposed in the central void space. A flange fixed to the rotor transfers torque to the input shaft. The ratio of the overall length of the drive system to its outer diameter is about one or less, thereby creating a power density along the central longitudinal axis that is greater than known electric motor/gear box drive systems.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: Joseph Kurowsky, Steven Pigliavento
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Patent number: 8827052Abstract: Disclosed herein are a decelerator in which a first deceleration unit of a planet gear type is provided inside a second deceleration unit of a cycloid type so as to apply eccentric rotation force to the second deceleration unit, and a motor brake with the same. The decelerator restricts an increase in the axial thickness of a motor and achieves an effectively increased deceleration ratio, and the motor brake equipped with the decelerator restricts an increase of the overall length thereof due to the decelerator, achieving enhanced space utility.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Mando CorporationInventors: Sung Wook Yu, Chang Bok Ko
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Patent number: 8795120Abstract: A drive unit for an electric bicycle, the drive unit including a motor configured to generate a rotary force to drive a wheel of the electric bicycle, a reduction gear unit provided with a plurality of gears to decelerate a rotary force generated from the motor, and a ring gear configured to output the rotary force which is decelerated by the reduction gear, wherein a rib is formed on at least one of two lateral sides of the ring gear.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Mando CorporationInventor: Il Yong Kim
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Patent number: 8790208Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for a brake actuator which is provided, for example, for an electromechanically operated parking brake. The assembly comprises a drive device and a gear device for generating and transmitting a torque to a brake device, a carrier element having a first mounting device to which the drive device and the gear device are mechanically secured, and a housing having a housing lower portion which has a second mounting device, on which the carrier element together with the drive device and gear device is arranged in a self-supporting manner by means of the first mounting device.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Lucas Automotive GmbHInventors: Gregor Poertzgen, Wilfried Giering, Christian Dilla, Michael Schaefer, Michael Possmann
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Patent number: 8784252Abstract: A drive system for a wind turbine includes a transmission unit with a planet wheel stage. A coupling flange on a first shaft of the transmission unit can be connected to a driven machine shaft or rotor shaft which is mounted above a planet carrier. The transmission unit and a motor/generator unit connected with a second shaft of the transmission unit are enclosed by a gear case. A rotor of the motor/generator unit is connected to a hollow rotor shaft which surrounds an end section of the second shaft and is connected to the end section via an interior coupling or clamping connection. A connecting-piece is arranged between the transmission unit and the motor/generator unit, and concentrically surrounds a transmission-side end section of the rotor shaft, forming a bearing seat for the rotor shaft, which also supports the second shaft of the transmission unit.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ralf Martin Dinter, Arno Klein-Hitpass, Jan-Dirk Reimers
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Patent number: 8771123Abstract: A planetary gear assembly includes a ring gear configured for connection to a rotor of an electric motor when in a first position and configured for connection to a housing of the electric motor when in a second position, a sun gear configured for connection to the housing when the ring gear is in the first position and configured for connection to the rotor when the ring gear is in the second position, and a plurality of planet gears configured to mesh with the ring gear and the sun gear.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Remy Technologies LLCInventors: Balazs Palfai, Bradley D. Chamberlin, Larry A. Kubes
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Patent number: 8771122Abstract: A vehicle power output device for driving a first and second rotary electric machine in an efficient range in a wide driving region and for eliminating the need for a complicated mechanism and control. A planetary gear mechanism combines the rotational drive force of a first shaft rotationally driven by a first rotary electric machine and the rotational drive force of a second shaft rotationally driven by a second rotary electric machine and transmits the combined rotational drive force to a drive shaft with the rotational speed increased. The rotational drive force of the second shaft in the forward direction is transmitted to the planetary gear mechanism via a first one-way clutch unit and a first power transmitting mechanism. The rotational drive force of the second shaft in the opposite direction is transmitted to the drive shaft via a second one-way clutch unit and a second power transmitting mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junya Ono, Asuka Ito, Jun Adachi, Eisuke Kajihara, Dai Kataoka
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Publication number: 20140187373Abstract: A rotation driving device includes a motor provided in a housing, a planetary gear reducer connected to the motor coaxially with the motor, an output shaft connected to an end reduction member of the planetary gear reducer coaxially with the end reduction member, and a rotation detector located at the same position as the end reduction member in an axial direction of the planetary gear reducer and located at a different position from a center axis of the end reduction member in a radial direction of the planetary gear reducer, the rotation detector being capable of detecting a degree of rotation of the end reduction member. Accordingly, the rotation driving device can be made to be smaller and compact in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuji YAMANAKA, Osamu Sato, Naoaki Kouno
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Publication number: 20140162825Abstract: In a vehicle that includes an auxiliary transmission mechanism where a high-speed range and a low-speed range are switchable, a carrier of an auxiliary transmission mechanism is coupled to a motor-generator to allow power transmission. When switching from the high-speed range to the low-speed range, the motor-generator increases a rotational speed of the carrier such that a rotational speed of a low-speed range piece is synchronized with a rotational speed of an input shaft. When switching from the low-speed range to the high-speed range, the motor-generator increases a rotational speed of the carrier such that a rotational speed of an output shaft is synchronized with a rotational speed of the input shaft. This allows range switch with a reduced gear change shock even while the vehicle is running.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takayuki Sugimoto
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Patent number: 8747271Abstract: A wheel assembly, for use on an off-highway vehicle, includes a generally cylindrical wheel hub extending axially from a first end to a second end around an inner volume. A hub adapter is secured to the second end of the wheel hub, the hub adapter including a peripheral shoulder, which has a first shoulder surface axially facing in a direction extending from the second end towards the first end. A first wheel rim is mounted to the peripheral shoulder of the hub adapter at the first shoulder surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2011Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Carlos A. Vallejo
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Patent number: 8740742Abstract: A dump truck has a flange on an inner peripheral wall of a spindle. The flange arranges a support bearing for supporting a shaft. The spindle is formed of a chassis-side member and a reduction gear unit-side member joined together by welding. The chassis-side member is fixed on a chassis of the dump truck, and the reduction gear unit-side member is located closer to a side of the reduction gear unit than the chassis-side member. The reduction gear unit-side member is located on a side of an outer periphery of the shaft portion, where a distance to a coupling between the motor and shaft and a distance to a first sun gear between the reduction gear unit and shaft are equal to each other. On an inner peripheral wall of the reduction gear unit-side member, the flange is cast together with the reduction gear unit-side member.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Shibukawa, Hayato Masuda
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Publication number: 20140148294Abstract: An automated manual transmission may include first and second auxiliary gears, wherein the first auxiliary gear is rotatably provided on an INPUT shaft to be rotated relatively with respect to the INPUT shaft and wherein the second auxiliary gear is provided on an OUTPUT shaft to be meshed with the first auxiliary gear, a planetary gear unit provided with three or more rotational elements wherein one rotational element thereof receives power from an engine to be rotated constantly and another rotational element thereof is coupled to the first auxiliary gear provided on the INPUT shaft to be rotated, and a motor generator that is coupled to still another rotational element of the rotational elements and provides a rotational power to the still another rotational element in shifting gears so that the rotational power is transmitted to the OUTPUT shaft through the first and second auxiliary gears.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Wan Soo OH, Heung Seok Lee, Jae Woong Hwang
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Patent number: 8734281Abstract: A dual-mode electro-mechanical variable speed transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft system, a gear system having at least three branches, two electric machines, and at least a clutch. The first electric machine couples to a branch of the gear system, the output shaft system couples to another branch of the gear system, the input shaft couples to the remaining branch or one of the remaining branches of the gear system, and the second electric machine selectively couples either to the same branch that is coupled to the output shaft system with a speed ratio or to one of the remaining branches that that is not coupled to the first electric machine with a different speed ratio. The transmission provides at least two power splitting modes to cover different speed ratio regimes. The transmission can also provide at least a fixed output shaft to input shaft speed ratio.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Inventors: Xiaolin Ai, Rui Xue, Zhonghe Xue, Xiaozhi Ai
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Patent number: 8727924Abstract: Planetary ratios of first and second planetary gear mechanisms are set such that all of the following values become equal to each other: a maximum value of a drive force of a first MG, which is generated when a total input-to-output speed ratio is a minimum value upon operation of the first MG as a motor; a maximum value of a drive force of the first MG, which is generated when the total input-to-output speed ratio is a maximum value upon operation of the first MG as the motor; and a maximum value of a drive force of the first MG, which is generated when the total input-to-output speed ratio is in a range from the minimum value to the maximum value upon operation of the first MG as a generator.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Youhei Morimoto, Tsuneyuki Egami
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Publication number: 20140128194Abstract: A drive unit close to the wheel of an electric vehicle having an electric machine with a drive shaft and transmission unit that has at least a first transmission component with an output shaft. The transmission unit interacts with the driveshaft for transferring torque. The drive shaft has, as bearings, two drive shaft bearings and the output shaft has at least one output shaft bearing. At least one of the drive shaft bearings and output shaft bearings is a fixed bearing, and at least an additional drive shaft bearing and the output shaft bearing are loose bearings. The drive and the output shaft bearings are radial bearings. A vehicle can have additional drive units close to the wheel, a vehicle axle can have at least a drive unit close to the wheel and an application of a drive unit close to the wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2012Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AGInventors: Ulrich Mair, Stephan Pollmeyer, Martin Munster
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Patent number: 8715126Abstract: A propulsion system for a vehicle has output shaft (2) of a combustion engine (1), which is connected to a first component (9) of a planetary gear so that they rotate at a first speed (n1). An input shaft (3) of a gearbox (4) is connected to a second component (11) of the planetary gear so that they rotate at a second speed (n2). An electrical machine is connected to a third component (10) of the planetary gear so that the third component (10) rotates at a third speed (n3). A control unit (17) estimates in appropriate operating situations a desired speed (n2) for the gearbox input shaft (3). The unit receives information about the speed (n1) of the engine output shaft (2). It causes the electrical machine to give the third component (10) of the planetary gear a speed (n3) which in conjunction with the speed (n1) of the engine output shaft (2) results in the gearbox input shaft (3) assuming the desired speed (n2).Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Scania CV ABInventors: Jörgen Engström, Mikael Bergquist
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Patent number: 8708854Abstract: A torque transmitting system includes a case, first and second clutch plates, and a ramp member that is selectively rotatable about an axis and that defines a ramp surface. The system also includes an electric motor having a motor housing, wherein the case is rotatable relative to the housing about the axis. The motor is configured to selectively apply torque to rotate the ramp member. The system additionally includes a roller element mounted with respect to the case and contacting the ramp surface. The ramp surface is configured such that, when the ramp member is rotated about the axis, the roller element exerts a reaction force on the ramp surface that urges the ramp member to move in a first axial direction and thereby transmit the reaction force to the clutch plates. A transmission assembly including the above described torque transmitting system is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLCInventors: Li Chen, Jian Yao, Chunhao J. Lee, Chi-Kuan Kao, Farzad Samie, Yu Dong, Chengliang Yin
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Publication number: 20140113760Abstract: An electrically-variable transmission for a vehicle is disclosed. The transmission includes an input member and an output member each rotatable about a first axis. The transmission includes a casing defining a cavity between a first end wall and a second end wall. The transmission includes a first motor/generator and a second motor/generator disposed in the cavity with a second planetary gear set disposed between the first and second motor/generators along the first axis. The transmission includes a first torque-transmitting mechanism disposed between the first and second motor/generators along the first axis. The transmission includes a second torque-transmitting mechanism disposed between the first end wall and the first motor/generator along the first axis. The first motor/generator is disposed between the first and second torque-transmitting mechanisms along the first axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: John A. Diemer, Pete R. Garcia, Douglas John Dwenger, Boris Burgman, Robert Joseph Gonzales, Kent A. Miller
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Patent number: 8702549Abstract: A vehicle drive unit includes an axle formed of an output shaft of a motor, and a first support shaft and a second support shaft arranged at both ends of the output shaft. A stator is held on a first holding plate and a second holding plate. The second holding plate and a bearing block form a carrier of planetary gears. The second holding plate includes a bearing holding portion. The second support shaft is supported on the bearing holding portion. The first support shaft is supported on the first holding plate. The output shaft is supported at one end on the first holding plate and the other end on the bearing holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Yoshino, Hisashi Murakami, Satoshi Nakamura, Koji Aoki, Naoki Kamimura
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Patent number: 8690119Abstract: A valve assembly comprising an adapter plate assembly comprising an adapter plate, a bonnet with a center and a threaded shaft extending through the center of the bonnet; an actuation assembly comprising an outer enclosure and an outer magnetic cartridge that is magnetically coupled to an inner magnetic cartridge; and an inner valve assembly comprising an inner enclosure and a planetary gear subassembly comprising one or more planetary gears.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Big Horn Valve, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Burgess, Daniel E. Clawson, David Yakos, Bryan Walthall
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Publication number: 20140087905Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric drive device comprising an electric motor (20) with a stator and a rotor arranged to rotate a drive shaft, wherein said electric motor (20) is arranged to be accommodated in a housing, further comprising opposite gear housings surrounding the electric motor, each containing a transmission configuration, wherein the electric drive device comprises a housing configuration in which the electric motor (20) as well said opposite gear housings (30a, 30b) are accommodated, wherein each gear housing (30a, 30b; 130a, 130b) is attached and hereby locked to said housing configuration. The invention also relates to a motor vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2011Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: BAE Systems Hägglunds AktiebolagInventors: Pontus Karlsson, Oskar Prinsback
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Publication number: 20140080651Abstract: A drive unit for an electric bicycle, the drive unit including a motor configured to generate a rotary force to drive a wheel of the electric bicycle, a reduction gear unit provided with a plurality of gears to decelerate a rotary force generated from the motor, and a ring gear configured to output the rotary force which is decelerated by the reduction gear, wherein a rib is formed on at least one of two lateral sides of the ring gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Il Yong KIM
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Publication number: 20140080652Abstract: A motor structure for an electric bicycle including a motor provided with a rotor and a stator to generate a rotary force to drive a wheel of the electric bicycle, the rotor having an accommodation space formed at a center thereof, a first decelerator unit disposed in the accommodation space and connected to a rotating shaft that is rotated together with the rotor, a second decelerator unit connected to the first decelerator unit and disposed outside the motor, and a motor housing to accommodate the motor and the second decelerator unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Il Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20140066246Abstract: The invention relates to rotary units and rotary mechanisms that are suitable for use in numerous applications. Rotary units typically include rotational components that are configured to rotate. In some embodiments, for example, multiple rotary units are assembled in rotary mechanisms such that neighboring pairs of rotational components counter-rotate or contra-rotate relative to one another during operation of the rotary mechanisms. Rotational components generally include one or more implements that are structured to perform or effect one or more types of work as the rotational components rotate relative to one another in a given rotary mechanism. In certain embodiments, implements are configured to rotate and/or to effect the movement of other components as rotational components rotate. In some embodiments, engines include rotary mechanisms and are used in, for example, ground vehicles, marine vehicles, aircraft, or devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Christopher C. SappenfieldInventor: Christopher C. Sappenfield
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Publication number: 20140066247Abstract: A transmission device or an electric axle which has improved operational characteristics compared to known solutions. Said aim is achieved by providing a transmission device (1) including an electric motor (3) provided with a rotor (6), a planetary gear (4) provided with at least one sun gear (9), and a shaft arrangement (7,8), the rotor (6) being coupled in a rotationally fixed manner to the sun gear (9) by the shaft arrangement (7, 8). The shaft arrangement (7,8) includes at least one compensation interface (21) which is designed such that it is possible to change the distance and/or tilting between the motor (6) and sun wheel (9).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventors: Tomas Smetana, Philip Wurzberger
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Publication number: 20140042796Abstract: An in-wheel assembly includes an in-wheel actuator and a wheel. The in-wheel actuator includes a driving motor, a decelerator which is disposed in the driving motor and configured to decrease a rotational speed received from the driving motor, and an output shaft which is configured to receive the rotational speed decreased by the decelerator. The wheel is configured to accommodate the in-wheel actuator in an inner space and is driven by the rotational speed of the output shaft to rotate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung-Hyuk PARK, Seong-Taek LIM, Jin-woo CHO
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Patent number: 8647224Abstract: A generator arrangement for a wind power plant includes a ring-shaped primary part, a ringshaped secondary part, and a planetary transmission arrangement disposed inside the primary part and the secondary part. The planetary transmission arrangement comprises an internal gear, a sun gear, and at least two planet gears. The sun gear is substantially ringshaped, having an inner wall, and outer wall, and a web connecting the inner wall and the outer wall. The internal gear is disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall of the sun gear and is supported at the outer wall of the sun gear.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Anton Paweletz, Heinz-Josef Tenberge
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Patent number: 8640800Abstract: A chassis (1) for a motor vehicle has an electrical axle (2) with two electrical machines (4) for respectively driving two wheels (6). The chassis (1) also has a step-down gear mechanism (10, 11) arranged between the respective electrical machine and the associated wheel. Each step-down gear mechanism is connected to the respective wheel by a cardan shaft. The respective rotation axes (5, 5) of the two electrical machines are arranged parallel and next to one another. The chassis enables each wheel to be mounted in a non-rigid manner and permits the overall length of the electrical machines to be varied on account of the arrangement of the rotation axes of the electrical machines.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Daniel Armbruster, Stephan Hennings