With Lubricaton Patents (Class 475/159)
  • Patent number: 12259038
    Abstract: A mechanical part for an aircraft turbomachine is made of metal and includes at least one profiled surface configured to ensure an oil flow during operation. The surface has a hydrophobic and/or lipophobic coating or a surface texturing rendering the surface hydrophobic and/or lipophobic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Juan-Luis Marcos Izquierdo
  • Patent number: 12247651
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a gearbox housing. The gearbox housing has a housing body and an annular gear. The housing body comprises an annular support and a lateral portion provided at a side face of the annular support. The lateral portion has a hole formed thereon for an input shaft to pass through. The annular gear is provided inside of the housing body along a radial direction and adapted to couple to the annular support, wherein a plurality of teeth are circumferentially provided at an inner side of the annular gear. A gear wheel with an output shaft is adapted to couple to the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Tao, Hao Gu, Wei Song, Bo Qiao, Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 12228200
    Abstract: Gearbox (1) having a tooth carrier (40) for receiving teeth (7) of a gear ring that are disposed about a rotation axis (5) of the gearbox, wherein the teeth (7) are disposed in the tooth carrier (11) so as to be displaceable and guided in the radial direction, a cam disk (20) which is rotatable about the rotation axis (5) and for driving the teeth (7) in the radial direction has a cam curvature that is variable over the circumference, wherein bearing segments (24) which are mounted so as to slide on the cam disk (20) are disposed between the teeth (7) and the cam disk (20), and wherein the bearing segments (24) have a contact region which has a concave curvature and is disposed so as to be centric on a running surface that faces the cam disk (20), wherein the concave curvature is larger than the smallest cam curvature of the cam disk, and smaller than the largest cam curvature of the cam disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: WITTENSTEIN SE
    Inventors: Heiko Schreiber, Michael Schmidt, Thomas Bayer
  • Patent number: 12196261
    Abstract: A friction of a planetary gearbox, having first and second rotatably connected components. Oil adjacent an oil feed pocket of the first component is directed into a bearing clearance. The oil is directed into the pocket by a line that opens into the pocket. An oil supply unit supplies oil to the bearing clearance at a defined pressure. A ratio between the pulse, via which the oil is directed into the bearing clearance and which corresponds to the product of the square of the inflow rate of the oil into the clearance and the oil density, and the pulse of the oil which adheres to the internal side of the second component ?5*10?3. The pulse of the oil adhering to the second component is equal to the product of the square of the velocity of the oil adhering to the second component and the oil density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Stephan Uhkötter, Uwe Kracht, Wolfram Kurz-Hardjosoekatmo, Rens Douma, Ivo Martin
  • Patent number: 12188519
    Abstract: A friction bearing of a planetary gearbox, has first and second rotatably connected components. Oil adjacent an oil feed pocket of the first component is directed into the bearing clearance between the components. The oil is directed into the pocket by a first line that opens into the pocket. The profile of the line conjointly with the radial direction of the bearing clearance encloses an angle to direct the oil from the line into the oil feed pocket, the angle being approximately 5°-60° to the radial direction of the bearing clearance and in the main rotation direction of the second component in relation to the first component, or at an angle of approximately 5°-20° to the radial direction of the bearing clearance and in the circumferential direction of the bearing clearance and counter to the main rotation direction of the second component to the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Stephan Uhkötter, Uwe Kracht, Wolfram Kurz-Hardjosoekatmo, Rens Douma, Ivo Martin
  • Patent number: 12158182
    Abstract: A plain bearing of a planetary gearbox has first and second rotationally connected components. Oil adjacent an oil feed pocket of the first component is directed into the bearing clearance between the components by a first line that opens into the pocket. The line includes a first portion and a downstream second portion. The flow cross section of the first portion is smaller than the flow cross section of the second portion. The flow cross section for the oil, in the feed direction, in the circumferential direction of the clearance and in the main rotation direction of the second component relative to the first component increases more than counter to the main rotation direction of the second component, or in the circumferential direction of the clearance and counter to the main rotation direction of the second component increases more than in the main rotation direction of the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Stephan Uhkötter, Uwe Kracht, Wolfram Kurz-Hardjosoekatmo, Rens Douma, Ivo Martin
  • Patent number: 12152667
    Abstract: A gearbox cover includes a front side with a planetary carrier and a back side with a flow passage. The planetary carrier includes a first annular portion with a plurality of holes, a second annular portion, axially spaced from the first annular portion, with a first plurality of through holes, each aligned with one of the holes, and a plurality of webs connecting the first annular portion with the second annular portion. In an example embodiment, the front side also includes a tubular portion. A gearbox cover assembly with a flow passage cover and a planetary gear assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Paul Cornett, Luke Bear, Thomas Caillet, Matthew Beebe, Avery Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 12152664
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a gearset for a vehicle transmission. In one example, a system includes a shaft comprising one or more lubricant holes oriented radially within the shaft, and one or more gears positioned radially around a central axis of the shaft. The system further includes a ring positioned circumferentially around the shaft. The ring is shaped with a radially extending portion and an axially extending portion, wherein the radially extending portion may direct lubricant flow from the radially oriented lubricant holes toward the axially extending portion, and the axially extending portion directs lubricant flow from the lubricant holes in an axial direction towards the one or more gears. The axially extending portion and radially extending portion form a cut in the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: DANA HEAVY VEHICLE SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Mark W. Leber, Shane T. Smith, Justin Hall, Langston H. Corn, Michael D. Cook
  • Patent number: 12135076
    Abstract: An engine assembly is provided that includes a geartrain, a rotating structure and a support structure. The geartrain includes a sun gear, a ring gear, a plurality of intermediate gears and a carrier. The intermediate gears are arranged circumferentially about the axis in an array. Each of the intermediate gears are radially between and meshed with the sun gear and the ring gear. Each of the intermediate gears is rotatably mounted to the carrier. The carrier is rotatable about the axis. The rotating structure forms the carrier. The rotating structure includes a shaft and a rotating structure passage. The support structure circumscribes the shaft with a plenum formed by and radially between the support structure and the shaft. The support structure includes a support structure passage. The plenum fluidly couples the support structure passage to the rotating structure passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul R. Hanrahan, Robert G. Murphy, II
  • Patent number: 12135077
    Abstract: A friction bearing of a planetary gearbox has a first rotationally fixed component and a second component rotatably connected thereto. Oil in the region of an oil feed pocket of the first component is directed into the bearing clearance between the components. The oil is directed into the oil feed pocket via at least one first line that opens into the oil feed pocket. Oil is also directed via at least one second line into the oil feed pocket, the port region of said second line into the oil feed pocket in the circumferential direction of the bearing clearance and in the main rotation direction of the second component in relation to the first component and/or in the axial direction of the friction bearing being spaced apart from the port region of the first line into the oil feed pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Alexander Schütt, Tobias Eberhardt, Rens Douma, Uwe Kracht, Maximilian Prölss, Wolfram Kurz-Hardjosoekatmo, Stephan Uhkötter
  • Patent number: 12123490
    Abstract: A planet carrier for a mechanical gearbox of a turbomachine, in particular for an aircraft, the planet carrier being formed in a single piece and comprising two annular flasks connected by material bridges and together defining housings configured to receive planet gears, the flasks comprising orifices for mounting the planet gears which are oriented axially and which open into the housings. One of the flasks can include at least one thinning around its orifices, the at least one thinning defining a minimum thickness of material in the axial direction which is less than a minimum thickness of the other flask around each of its orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Transmission Systems
    Inventor: Guillaume Pierre Mouly
  • Patent number: 12116977
    Abstract: A method of assembling or disassembling a gear assembly (20) of a wind turbine (10), the gear assembly (20) comprising a first helical gear (28) and a second helical gear (24) configured for rotatable engagement with the first helical gear (28), the method comprising transmitting a control signal to cause: axial movement of the first helical gear (28) at an axial speed relative to the second helical gear (24) along a rotational axis of the first helical gear (28): and, rotational movement of the first helical gear (28) at a first rotation speed relative to the second helical gear (24) about the rotational axis of the first helical gear (28), wherein one of the axial speed and the first rotation speed is a predetermined speed, and the other of the axial speed and first rotation speed is determined in dependence on the predetermined speed, and wherein the control signal causes the axial and rotational movement of the first helical gear (28) to occur simultaneously to engage or disengage the first and second hel
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Vestas Wind Systems A/S
    Inventors: Noel Yambeh Yambaha, Xose Lubian Berreco
  • Patent number: 12110962
    Abstract: A transmission mechanism includes a planet carrier, a planet gear, a pin, a sliding bearing, and thrust bearings. The planet gear is rotatably disposed on the planet carrier through the pin. The thrust bearings are disposed between one end of the planet gear and the planet carrier, and between another end of the planet gear and the planet carrier, respectively. A first lubrication gap is formed between each thrust bearing and an end surface the planet gear. The sliding bearing is sleeved on the pin and is disposed between the planet gear and the pin. A second lubrication gap is formed between an inner circumference of the sliding bearing and the pin or between an outer circumference of the sliding bearing and the planet gear. Oil channels are disposed on the pin. Lubricating oil enters the first lubrication gap and the second lubrication gap through the oil channels respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NGC (HUAI'AN) HIGH SPEED GEAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongjian Li, Aimin He, Xiaofei Guo, Rongjun Chen
  • Patent number: 12104527
    Abstract: A gear reduction includes a sun gear that engages a plurality of planet gears mounted on a carrier. The planet gears are engaged with a ring gear. The ring gear is fixed against rotation such that rotation of the sun gear causes rotation of the planet gears to cause rotation of the carrier. There are spray bars positioned circumferentially between adjacent ones of the planet gears. The spray bars have jet openings, such that lubricant can be passed directly onto teeth on the sun gear. One of the side faces has a plurality of windows such that oil can be scavenged. There are side surfaces between plurality of windows that do not have an opening. A gas turbine engine and a spray bar are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph H. Polly
  • Patent number: 12104690
    Abstract: An example transmission comprising a lubricant feed passageway to receive lubricant; an input shaft having a cavity that defines a shaft collection trough to receive the lubricant from the lubricant feed passageway, the input shaft defining a radial passageway to enable the lubricant to flow from the shaft collection trough to an exterior surface of the input shaft; and a carrier to receive at least a portion of the input shaft, the carrier defining a carrier collection trough and channels formed in the carrier to distribute the lubricant to at least one of rotating components or non-rotating components in the carrier, the carrier collection trough to receive the lubricant from the shaft collection trough via the radial passageway in response to the input shaft rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John C. Walters, Mark J. Robuck, Todd T. Harder, Eric A. Kaiser
  • Patent number: 12084978
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a propulsor section including a propulsor supported on a propulsor shaft, a turbine section including a turbine shaft, a compressor section having a plurality of compressor hubs with blades driven by the turbine shaft about an engine axis, and an epicyclic gear train interconnecting the propulsor shaft and the turbine shaft. The epicyclic gear train includes a sun gear coupled to the turbine shaft, intermediary gears arranged circumferentially about and meshing with the sun gear, a carrier and a ring gear including first and second portions. The first and second portions have axially opposed faces abutting one another at a radial interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael E. McCune, Lawrence E. Portlock, Frederick M. Schwarz
  • Patent number: 12084981
    Abstract: A journal shaft for a journal bearing assembly of an aircraft engine includes a shaft body extending along a longitudinal axis. The shaft body has a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface radially spaced apart from the longitudinal axis to define an inner cavity. An oil pocket is defined in the radially outer surface. One or more passages extend through the shaft body from the radially inner surface to the oil pocket to provide fluid communication between the inner cavity and the oil pocket. The oil pocket includes a radially inner base surface and interconnecting transition surfaces extending between the radially inner base surface of the oil pocket and the radially outer surface of the shaft body. The interconnecting transition surfaces form a fluid-dynamically smooth and edgeless transition to the radially outer surface of the journal shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Julien Simard-Bergeron
  • Patent number: 12054126
    Abstract: A retarder arrangement (1) is configured to brake rotation of a shaft (3) of a vehicle (5). The arrangement (1) includes a retarder rotor (7), a retarder transmission (9), a lubricant feed conduit (11) arranged to conduct lubricant to the retarder transmission (9), a coupling device (13), and an actuator element (15). The actuator element (15) is moveable between an actuated position and an unactuated position to move the coupling device (13) between an engaged state and a disengaged state. The coupling device (13) is configured, in the engaged state, to connect the retarder rotor (7) to the shaft (3) via the retarder transmission (9), and in the disengaged state, to disconnect the retarder rotor (7) from the shaft (3). The lubricant teed conduit (11) includes a valve (17) mechanically connected to the actuator element (15). The present disclosure further relates to a transmission arrangement (40), a power train (50), and a vehicle (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Scania CV AB
    Inventors: Per Arnelöf, Nichlas Florén, Peer Norberg
  • Patent number: 12055209
    Abstract: A transmission device includes an axis of rotation defining an axial direction, a supporting component, and an oil collector. The supporting component includes connecting holes and oil inlets. The oil collector includes a support plate, a channel connected to the support plate, oil guiding nozzles plugged axially into the oil inlets, fastening elements for holding the oil collector on the supporting component, and platforms disposed on a side of the fastening elements facing away from the supporting component. The channel runs around the axis of rotation and includes an outer contour. The fastening elements are at least partially fixedly engaged with the connecting holes. The platforms project radially from the oil collector radially beyond the outer contour. Each platform includes a planar surface and a projection. The projection projects out of the planar surface and axially beyond the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralph Schimpf, Michael Keck, Jan Heymel
  • Patent number: 12038070
    Abstract: A drive transmission device according to one embodiment of the disclosure includes: an arm having a motor that generates a rotational force; a speed reducer that is provided in the arm and has a carrier for decelerating rotation of the motor and outputting the decelerated rotation; a bucket fixed to the carrier by a reamer bolt, the reamer bolt being inserted in a bracket through hole formed in the bucket; and a resin bush provided between an internal surface of the bracket through hole and an external lateral surface of the reamer bolt. The mechanical strength of the resin bush is lower than the mechanical strength of the bucket and the mechanical strength of the reamer bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nabtesco Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Hisada, Etsuro Komori
  • Patent number: 11970983
    Abstract: An arrangement for an aircraft turbine engine, including a shaft and a follower element rotatably coupled to the shaft by a spline connection, the arrangement including upstream and downstream connections for radially centring the follower element relative to the shaft; means for spraying a lubricant into a collection cavity; a passage for receiving lubricant, which passage opens into the collection cavity and into a cavity for lubricating the splines which is partially defined by the upstream and downstream radial centring connections; and a passage for discharging lubricant, which passage opens into the cavity for lubricating the splines and outside the arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Matthieu Bruno François Foglia, Serge René Morreale, Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11959418
    Abstract: An impeller (230) for a planet carrier of a planetary gear speed reducer of a turbomachine, is configured intended to be rotatably secured to the planet carrier and to be rotated about an axis A of the speed reducer. The impeller has an annular shape about the axis and includes lubrication means (43, 45, 238), in particular for lubricating bearings of planet gears of the speed reducer. The lubrication means include an annular cavity (238) situated at the inner periphery of the impeller. The impeller includes an inner peripheral wall (246) closing the cavity (238) in the radial direction, and the impeller includes an annular port (248) that extends around the axis and that opens in the axial direction into the cavity in order to supply it with lubricating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Guillaume Patrice Kubiak, Julien Fabien Patrick Becoulet, Romain Guillaume Cuvillier, Simon Loïc Clément Lefebvre, Emmanuel Pierre Dimitri Patsouris, Didier Jean-Louis Yvon
  • Patent number: 11939984
    Abstract: Compressors having multi-speed gearboxes are disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a fluid channel to convey a fluid, a compressor fluidly coupled to the fluid channel, a gearbox operatively coupled to the compressor, the gearbox to control the compressor using a first gear ratio and a second gear ratio different from the first gear ratio to vary a flow rate of fluid in the fluid channel, and clutches to vary the gearbox between the first gear ratio and the second gear ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Mark J. Robuck, Scott H. Bouwer, John C. Walters, Steve G. Mackin
  • Patent number: 11927262
    Abstract: Lubrication device for a turbomachine reduction gear, the device comprising an annular lubricating oil collecting cup delimited by a first wall and a second wall, said cup being divided by internal walls extending between the first wall and the second wall so as to define a plurality of angular sectors forming oil collection basins, the basins being circumferentially adjacent around the axis and comprising lubricating oil outlets, characterized in that one or more of said internal walls have openings allowing oil to pass between the circumferentially adjacent basins, characterized in that said openings (58) are formed in one or more of said internal walls so as to define one or more rows of openings in said one or more internal walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Bálint Pap, Patrice Jocelyn Francis Gedin, Antoine Jacques Marie Pennacino
  • Patent number: 11920657
    Abstract: A cycloidal reducer includes a reduction unit configured to reduce a torque input and an output unit configured to transfer the reduced output to the outside. A cycloidal rotor that is one constituent element of the reduction unit has a tooth-type protrusion formed in the shape of a circular arc. Thus, the level of difficulty of process is decreased more than when the tooth-type protrusion in the related art is formed in the shape of a broken line. In addition, rotor pins are accommodated in through-holes, respectively, that are equally spaced in the cycloidal rotor. A bushing is formed that fills a gap between the through-hole and the rotor pin is formed in order for the rotor pin to stably transfer rotational power. Accordingly, the advantage of effectively distributing a load and stably transferring a reduction torque to the outside is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MINTROBOT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Seok Kang, Soon Bin Hong
  • Patent number: 11906017
    Abstract: The torque transfer assembly can have a torque shaft rotatable around a rotation axis, the torque shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end along the rotation axis, a first reference feature at an intermediary location between the first end and the second end, and a sun gear integrated to the torque shaft, at the first end, the second end has a first external diameter, and the sun gear having a second external diameter greater than the first external diameter; and a reference tube having a fixed end secured to the torque shaft adjacent the second end, a free end having a second reference feature adjacent the first reference feature, the reference tube extending around the torque shaft, the reference tube having an internal diameter, the internal diameter being between the first external diameter and the second external diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventor: Eric Sylvain Durocher
  • Patent number: 11892061
    Abstract: A coaxial gear set comprising: a crankshaft which can be rotated about an axis of rotation and has at least one connecting rod bearing; and multiple, preferably at least three, pistons, each connected to the crankshaft by means of a connecting rod and which each have a toothing with at least one tooth on a first end face facing away from the axis of rotation. The coaxial gear set also comprises: a hollow shaft having internal toothing, wherein the pistons are located inside the hollow shaft when viewed in a plane normal to the axis of rotation; and a guide unit, wherein the pistons are each linearly guided in the guide unit and can be moved back and forth parallel to a radial direction normal to the axis of rotation, as a result of which the toothings of the first end faces of the pistons can be successively brought into meshing engagement with the internal toothing and out of meshing engagement with said internal toothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Kraken Innovations GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Simon Eisele, Michael Michelitsch
  • Patent number: 11879538
    Abstract: A planetary gearset including a gear arrangement including a centrally arranged sun gear rotationally fixable to a drive shaft, a set of planet gears distributed circumferentially around the sun gear, a ring gear member extending circumferentially around the planet gears, a ring gear, planet gear shafts arranged centrally in a corresponding planet gear, planet gear bearings arranged between a corresponding planet gear shaft and planet gear, wherein each planet gear shaft includes a planet gear shaft channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a planet carrier connected to the set of planet gears via the planet gear shafts, wherein each planet gear shaft extends in an axial direction from the planet gear through the planet carrier and includes a protruding portion that protrudes out from the planet carrier and includes the inlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AB
    Inventors: Henrik Strand, Johan Sahlberg
  • Patent number: 11867282
    Abstract: The invention relates to a planetary gear box, which has a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, a plurality of plain bearing pins and an axially front carrier plate and an axially rear carrier plate. The plain bearing pin and the planet gear here configure a lubricated plain bearing which includes a plain bearing gap. Furthermore, the plain bearing pin, on the contact face thereof, configures a feed pocket which is provided and configured to receive oil and during the operation deliver oil in the circumferential direction to the plain bearing by way of a delivery edge. It is provided that the feed pocket is configured in the contact face of the plain bearing pin in such a manner that the delivery edge has a profile that deviates from a straight profile parallel to the longitudinal axis of the plain bearing pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO. KG
    Inventors: Paul Gorenz, Maximilian Prölss
  • Patent number: 11846268
    Abstract: Provided is a wind power generation transmission system. A first sun gear is a hollow gear. The first sun gear includes a first end surface and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface. A second planetary carrier includes a third connection end. An outer circumferential surface of the third connection end is provided with external splines. An inner circumferential surface of the first sun gear is provided with internal splines. The third connection end of the second planetary carrier extends from the second end surface to the first end surface and is disposed in the first sun gear so that the external splines of the third connection end are connected to the internal splines of the first sun gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: NANJING HIGH-SPEED GEAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lian Zhu, Bo Zhang, Dongfang Jia, Chunyun Xiao, Aimin He, Yizhong Sun
  • Patent number: 11808247
    Abstract: A planetary gearbox for a wind turbine has a planetary gearbox housing, at least one sun gear, at least one internal gear, a planetary carrier with a first planet carrier cheek and a second planet carrier cheek, at least one planetary gear bolt, which is accommodated in the planetary carrier, at least one planetary gear, which is mounted on the planetary gear bolt, and at least one planetary gear radial sliding bearing which comprises a sliding surface. An oil distribution channel section is formed at least in the first planet carrier cheek. The first planet carrier cheek is mounted in the planetary gearbox housing by a radial sliding bearing. The radial sliding bearing is simultaneously formed as a flow connection element for flow connection of the oil distribution channel section of the first planet carrier cheek to a first lubricating oil supply bore arranged in the planetary gearbox housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: MIBA GLEITLAGER AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventor: Johannes Sebastian Hoelzl
  • Patent number: 11773771
    Abstract: A turbomachine with a counter-rotating turbine for an aircraft includes a counter-rotating turbine and a mechanical reduction gear with an epicyclic, planetary-type gear train. The gear train includes a planet carrier secured to a stator housing of the turbomachine situated upstream from the counter-rotating turbine in relation to a direction of gas flow within the turbomachine. The planet carrier is secured to the stator housing by an annular part with an elongated shape extending inside the second shaft. The annular part includes an upstream end secured to the intermediate casing and a downstream end coupled to the planet carrier. The annular part also includes an integrated circuit for conveying lubrication oil from its upstream end to the planet carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Paul Ghislain Albert Levisse, Olivier Belmonte, Fabrice Joël Luc Chevillot, Clément Paul René Niepceron, Amélie Argie Antoinette Chassagne
  • Patent number: 11739741
    Abstract: A control device for a motor unit provided in a vehicle is disclosed. The motor unit includes a motor including multiple coils provided side by side around a motor axis; a transmission mechanism transmitting power of the motor to an axle; a housing housing the motor and the transmission mechanism; an electric oil pump delivering oil stored in the housing; and a coil temperature sensor detecting a temperature of the coil. The control device includes a motor controller driving and controlling the motor; and a pump controller driving and controlling the electric oil pump. The pump controller estimates an oil temperature according to an ambient temperature and the temperature of the coil, and determines a start timing of the electric oil pump based on an estimated oil temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC TOSOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaya Furushou, Yasuhiro Shirai
  • Patent number: 11708889
    Abstract: A pivot (14) with a longitudinal axis (Y) for a bearing of a mechanical reduction gear, comprising a first annular part (14a) including an axial passage (17) and a second annular part (14b) mounted around the first annular part (14a), the first annular part (14a) delimiting with the second annular part (14b) a lubrication circuit at least one oil inlet (20) of which opens out inwards of the first annular part (14a) into the axial passage (17) and at least one oil outlet (28) of which opens radially outwards of the second annular part (14b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Balint Pap, Jordane Emile André Peltier, Antoine Jacques Marie Pennacino
  • Patent number: 11692613
    Abstract: A mechanism including a first pair of races having a first pair of raceways and a first rolling element operable to roll between the first pair of raceways, wherein at least one of the first pair of raceways has a substantially variable curvature along at least a portion of a path of the first rolling element. A program product that determines a solution by adjusting the curvature of a first pair of raceways on opposite sides of a rolling element, at least one of the first pair of raceways having a substantially variable curvature along the contact points in the direction of the corresponding range of motion for the rolling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: 21GEO Corp.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Dobroth
  • Patent number: 11674440
    Abstract: A gear reduction includes a sun gear that engages a plurality of planet gears mounted on a carrier. The planet gears are engaged with a ring gear. The ring gear is fixed against rotation such that rotation of the sun gear causes rotation of the planet gears to cause rotation of the carrier. There are spray bars positioned circumferentially between adjacent ones of the planet gears. The spray bars have jet openings, such that lubricant can be passed directly onto teeth on the sun gear. One of the side faces has a plurality of windows such that oil can be scavenged. There are side surfaces between plurality of windows that do not have an opening. A gas turbine engine and a spray bar are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph H. Polly
  • Patent number: 11661977
    Abstract: A wet-running multi-disk clutch (B) for a motor vehicle transmission (G) includes a piston (K) provided at a first side of the multi-disk clutch (B), by which a force acting in an axial direction is applicable onto inner and outer clutch disks (IL, AL) in order to engage the multi-disk clutch (B). The multi-disk clutch (B) is supported against an abutting surface (AF) via an end disk (ALE) of the outer clutch disks (AL) at a second side, which is opposite the first side. Grooves (N) are provided at one or both of the abutting surface (AF) and the end disk (ALE). The grooves (N) are configured and arranged such that cooling fluid (O) routed to the multi-disk clutch (B) is flowable out of the multi-disk clutch (B) through the grooves (N).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Thomas Riedisser, Peter Reinders
  • Patent number: 11635028
    Abstract: A lubricating oil distributor for a mechanical reduction gear of a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft, includes a body of generally annular shape around an axis X and includes first and second independent oil circuits. The first oil circuit has a first oil inlet connected by a first chamber to several oil outlets distributed on the body around the axis X. The second oil circuit has a second oil inlet connected by a second chamber to several oil outlets distributed on the body around the axis X. The first and second chambers extend circumferentially around the axis X at different diameters, wherein the first and second oil circuits are formed in the body and are respectively a recovery circuit and an oil supply circuit for toothing of the reduction gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Adrien Louis Simon
  • Patent number: 11603921
    Abstract: A planetary gear mechanism for a gas turbine engine includes a planet carrier and a planet pin rotationally fixedly connected thereto and on which a planet gear is rotatably mounted via a planet bearing. The planet pin is at least approximately hollow cylindrical in regions. A sleeve in the planet pin comprises an oil feed region through which the bearing is supplied with oil. An outer side region of the sleeve and an inner side region of the planet pin are press fit together. The sleeve has a web radially inside the outer side region. The web extends radially through the sleeve and is fixedly connected to the outer side region in an end region of a main load zone of the bearing, and at the other end is fixedly connected to the outer side region on the opposite side thereof in the radial direction of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Christopher Campbell, Silvio Eis, Andreas Goumas
  • 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: 11493124
    Abstract: A transmission includes at least one planetary gear stage with a planet carrier having a first toothing. The transmission further includes at least one lubricant line having a first outlet opening and a second outlet opening. The first toothing, together with a second toothing, forms a spline. The first outlet opening is configured to lubricate the spline, and the second outlet opening is configured to lubricate a sun gear of the planetary gear stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, ZF WIND POWER ANTWERPEN N.V.
    Inventors: Wim De Laet, Pieter Uytterhoeven, Maarten Gernaey
  • Patent number: 11448309
    Abstract: A fan drive gear system for a turbofan engine according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things includes a sun gear that is rotatable about an axis, a plurality of intermediate gears driven by the sun gear, and a baffle that is disposed between at least two of the plurality of intermediate gears for defining a lubricant flow path from an interface between the sun gear and at least one of the plurality of intermediate gears. The baffle includes a channel with at least one ramp portion directing lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Janice Jabido, Michael E. McCune
  • Patent number: 11421772
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes: a cylindrical member including an opening formed at a first end in an axial direction, and a wall portion formed at a second end in the axial direction; and a planetary gear set received within the cylindrical member; a carrier of the planetary gear set which includes a protruding portion protruding toward an outer circumference side, and the protruding portion being positioned between the wall portion and a ring gear of the planetary gear set, wherein the carrier is integrally formed with a hub portion of a clutch; the hub portion is positioned on a wall portion side of the carrier; and an outermost circumference portion of the protruding portion is positioned radially outside of an outermost circumference portion of the hub portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: JATCO LTD, NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsushita, Akira Kamiyama
  • Patent number: 11415174
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to solid lubricant assemblies for providing over temperature protection for bearings and gears in rotorcraft systems. A solid lubricant enters a fluid state above a certain temperature and is positioned so that fluid lubricant is applied to the bearings or gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Wayne Baldwin, Kyle Thomas Cravener, Tyson Henry
  • Patent number: 11401869
    Abstract: The invention concerns an assembly comprising an epicycloidal gear train (10) having a central pinion (26), an outer crown (28) and satellite pinions (32) in engagement with the central pinion (26) and the outer crown (28) and each mounted freely rotatable on a satellite carrier (36), the central pinion (26) surrounding and being rotationally fixed to a shaft (24) and the gear train comprising means for lubricating the teeth and axes (34) of the satellite pinions (32), these means including an annular cup (56) fixed to the satellite carrier (36) opened radially inward. According to the invention, the assembly includes fixed oil spraying means (64) configured to spray oil towards oil deflecting means (70) towards the inside of the annular cup (56).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Serge René Morreale, Fabien Roger Gaston Caty, Patrice Jocelyn Francis Gedin
  • Patent number: 11359511
    Abstract: A pivot for a sliding bearing of an epicyclic train includes an annular wall delimiting an axial passage, the annular wall including a first and a second annular groove opening axially in opposite directions and each defined by two coaxial inner and outer annular branches formed at the axial ends of the annular wall. The pivot also includes a plurality of first holes opening at a first end into the first annular groove and at a second opposite end into the second annular groove, these holes being made over an angular sector of between 5° and 330°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Julie Marie Renée Lemoine
  • Patent number: 11353104
    Abstract: A carrier for a planetary gear train includes a hub disposed about an axis of rotation, the hub having an external cylindrical surface including a plurality of splines extending along a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being parallel to the axis of rotation; and a deck extending away from the hub along a radial direction, the radial direction being transverse to the longitudinal direction. The deck defining a plurality of holes therethrough, each hole of the plurality of holes being configured to receive an axle of a planet gear of the plurality of planet gears, the hub being disposed between the plurality of holes and the axis of rotation along the radial direction. The splines have a value of a parameter (P) that is not less than 2.5 and not greater than 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Michael R. Jenkins, Matthew E. Giannis, Steven M. Cross, Keith A. Kabrick, Kurt W. Riggenbach
  • Patent number: 11326524
    Abstract: A ring gear (114) for an epicyclic or planetary reduction gear (110) of a turbomachine, in particular of an aircraft, said ring gear extending about an axis and comprising first and second coaxial annular elements (114a, 114b) and comprising, respectively, two inner annular toothing sets (150) of different orientation, said first and second annular elements further comprising, respectively, first and second radially outer annular flanges (114ab, 114bb) for attaching said first and second elements to each other, characterised in that one of said first and second flanges comprises, at its outer periphery, a cylindrical centring rim (164) configured to cooperate with the outer periphery of the other of said first and second flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jean-Charles Michel Pierre Di Giovanni, Alexis Claude Michel Dombek, Florian Rappaport
  • Patent number: 11268453
    Abstract: An epicyclic gear train includes a sun gear and planet gears mounted to a carrier and engaged to the sun gear. The planet gears and the carrier are rotatable about a center axis, and the carrier is engaged with a power output at a carrier-output engagement location. Ring gears are in meshed engagement with the planet gears. Planet gear bearings are disposed between one of the planet gears and the carrier. A lubrication interface is defined between each planet gear bearing and one of the planet gears. A bearing lubrication system includes a lubricant supply conduit extending between a conduit inlet at the carrier-output engagement location and conduit outlets at the lubrication interfaces of the planet gear bearings. A lubricant strainer is mounted about the conduit inlet at the carrier-output engagement location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Michel Desjardins, Vincent Savaria
  • Patent number: 11248697
    Abstract: A planetary gear train which includes a planet carrier having at least one radial wall with pin bores formed therein, planetary gear pins that are seated in said pin bores on at least one end, planetary gears that are arranged on the planetary gear pins, and a ring gear that is attached to the radial wall and dimensioned such as to rise radially above an inner enveloping circle of the pin bores. The radial wall carrying an annular collar and the ring gear is axially secured to the annular collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Loeffelmann, Gerhard Nagengast, Peter Welker