Abstract: A rotary body driver includes a driving source and a planetary gear transmission to receive a driving force from the driving source. The planetary gear transmission includes a sun gear rotatable by the driving force received from the driving source, a plurality of planet gears meshed with and surrounding the sun gear with an identical interval between the adjacent planet gears, a rotatable carrier to rotatably support the plurality of planet gears, an outer gear encircling and meshed with the plurality of planet gears, and an output shaft combined with and supporting the carrier. A rotary body shaft mounting a rotary body is connected to the output shaft of the planetary gear transmission to transmit the driving force received from the output shaft to the rotary body. The outer gear is made of resin and the output shaft and the carrier are made of metal.

Abstract: A planetary gear type center differential unit contains a carrier, a first sun gear and a second sun gear provided interiorly of the carrier, a first and second pinions respectively meshing with the first and the second sun gears, a pinion member having a shaft-receiving hole and carrying the first pinion and the second pinion therearound, and a pinion shaft made of carbon/carbon composite. The pinion shaft is supported by the carrier at one end and is inserted into the shaft-receiving hole of the pinion member, so that the pinion shaft directly supports the pinion member so as to rotate.

Abstract: An electric motor (1) or drive motor has a cylindrical, possibly, however, even conical or disk-shaped rotor (2) and a cavity or interior space (4) surrounded by the rotor (2) and/or its stator (3), into which protrudes in the installed position an epicyclic gear system (5) or planetary gear system which is driven by the electric motor (1). The electric motor (1) has a toothed power output element, for example, a cantilevered gear shaft (6), with which meshes an opposing-teeth-exhibiting power input element, for example, the planetary gears (7) of the epicyclic gear system (5).

Abstract: A planetary gear speed reduction mechanism has a sun gear, an internal gear and a plurality of planetary gears disposed between both gears. Each tooth of the sun gear has a tapered portion formed at a front end thereof such that the tapered portion tapers off in the axial direction. The tapered portion has a pair of symmetrical inclined surfaces whose width is tapered off in the circumferential direction from a tooth surface of each tooth and a tapered surface whose peripheral surface is tapered off in the radial direction from an end of a tooth crest surface. In the process of inserting the sun gear into a space among the planetary gears, the sun gear is inserted thereinto under the guide of the inclined surface by slightly rotating the sun gear.

Abstract: A shaft assembly used in a washing machine, which can prevent noise generated from a gear assembly therein. The shaft assembly has a speed reduction gear assembly including an internal gear, a sun gear, and planet gears. The sun gear is a helical gear made of plastic. An input shaft of the shaft assembly is inserted into the sun gear. Relative movement between the sun gear and the planet gears is prevented by a cover member. Since the sun gear is a helical gear made of plastic, noise is reduced. Furthermore, the movement of the gears caused by the thrust of the helical gear is prevented by the cover member, and therefore the noise is still more reduced.

Abstract: A planetary transmission comprising a planet carrier (6) connected rotationally fast to a driving shaft (3), a planet gear (7) of which planet carrier (6) is simultaneously in mesh with an annulus (9) fixed on a housing (1,2) and with a sun gear (10) connected rotationally fast to a driven shaft (12) arranged concentric with the driving shaft (3), each of the driving shaft (3) and the driven shaft (12) being mounted for rotation relative to the housing (1,2) on at least one bearing (16,17) and outer and inner rings (22,25 31 34) of said bearings (16,17) being seated on bearing seats (5,14,11,15), characterized in that at least one of two bearing seats (5,14,11,15) of each bearing (16,17) comprises at an axial end thereof, a resilient projection (19,24,27,32) engaging by elastic reverse deformation, an end face of the inner or outer bearing ring (22,25,31,34) seated thereon.

Abstract: In an automatic washer drive system, a planetary gear arrangement is provided including an input drive shaft being drivingly connected to a motor at one end and having a sun gear interconnected with a second end. A plurality of cylindrical plastic planet gears are disposed around and engage the sun gear. A plastic unitary carrier member rotatably supports the planet gears and further interconnects with an output drive shaft for causing rotation of an agitator. A gear housing surrounds the cylindrical planetary gears which engage an internal ring gear disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the gear housing. The plastic unitary carrier member is configured to include a plate portion which extends outwardly in the radial direction with respect to the output drive shaft. A plurality of the cylindrical pin portions extend from the plate portion in the longitudinal direction with respect to the output drive shaft. These cylindrical pin portions provide the rotatable support of the cylindrical planet gears.

Abstract: The invention provides an epicyclic change-speed mechanism comprising a fixed outer ring having an inwardly directed running surface, a spider member mounted within the outer ring and rotatable about an axis concentric with the axis of the outer ring, the spider member having a hollow output shaft concentric with said outer ring, an input shaft concentric with the outer ring, and at least one planet wheel contained within an aperture in the spider member, the or each planet wheel being in driven engagement with the input shaft and in rolling engagement with the running surface of outer ring.The invention also provides a model clock incorporating the change-speed mechanism, the face of the clock being formed from interfitting pieces of a constructional toy.

Abstract: A power tool with a two-part housing has a drive motor with a pinion gear on the motor shaft. A plastic cylindrical ring gear is fixed to the motor in coaxial surrounding relationship with the pinion gear and has attachment lugs which fit between the two parts of the tool housing and are fixedly secured to each. A plastic gear carrier frame is insert molded on a splined end of a metal output shaft and is receivable within the ring gear and has radial slots for respectively receiving pins which respectively rotatably mount three planet gears in meshing engagement with the pinion gear and the ring gear. The carrier frame has a hollow stub shaft portion which receives the pinion gear therethrough, the stub shaft portion having an elastomeric O-ring seated in a circumferential groove therein for press-fitting a ball bearing thereon, the ball bearing being in turn press-fitted in a seat in the ring gear to support the planet gear assembly.

Abstract: In an epicycle reduction gear type starter device comprising a ring-shaped internal gear 20 which is molded from resin and secured to a front frame so as to engage with planet gears driven by a DC motor, the internal gear 20 has ribs 21 in the outer periphery of an annular inner portion and which are substantially equal in thickness and are arranged at substantially equal angular intervals, and a cylinder 22 which is small in wall thickness to which the outer radial edges of the ribs are connected, locking protrusions 23 are formed on the cylinder 22 which are locked to the front frame so as to prevent the rotation of the internal gear, and through-holes 24 are formed in the locking protrusions 23, respectively, into which through-bolts are inserted to secure the DC motor and the front frame.

Abstract: A miniature reduction gear includes a sun gear, a fixed inner gear and a movable inner gear and at least one planetary gear. The planetary gear is formed of three stages of outer teeth. Each outer tooth stage separately engages one of a sun gear, fixed inner gear and movable inner gear. The sun gear provides an input to the miniature reduction gear and the movable inner gear provides an output. The number of teeth of the planetary gear which engage with the sun gear is greater than the number of teeth which engage with either of the fixed inner gear or movable inner gear.

Abstract: The starting device for an internal combustion engine includes a housing, an electrical drive motor (10) with a drive shaft (16), a starting pinion (12) for engagement with a rim gear of the engine and an intermediate gear (11) making an operative connection between the drive shaft and the starting pinion. For damping or absorption of the shocks and preventing fractures arising from the compression stroke of the starting engine the starting pinion (12) is connected directly or indirectly nonrotatably with the gear shaft (24) of the intermediate gear (11) and the gear shaft (24) is coupled with a hollow wheel (21) via an elastic damping ring (34). The drive shaft (16) meshes with its outer toothing (19) in the internal toothing (20) of the hollow wheel. The hollow wheel (21) is received in a bearing (25) in the housing and the damping ring (34) is made of rubber or plastic, is inserted in the hollow wheel (21) and, surrounds the gear shaft (24 ).

Abstract: A device for altering the angular relationship between input and output components of a device includes an outer housing, an inner housing disposed within the outer housing for coaxial rotation therein, a rotational energy input component engaging the inner housing through the outer housing, a rotational energy output engaging the inner housing through the outer housing at an angular position relative to the rotational energy input, the inner housing including first and second planetary gear sets in a gear carrier for transferring energy from the first set of planetary gears to the second set of planetary gears, the first set of gears being connected to the input, the second set of gears being connected to the output, a braking device for controlling the rotation of the inner housing relative to the outer housing to permit the adjustment of the rotational energy input component relative to the rotational energy output component, and a mechanism for adjusting the relative angular position of the input componen