IP Library Granted Patent US 8,220,363
Granted Patent B2
US 8,220,363 · App. 12/950,675 · Granted Jul 17, 2012

Bevel gear transmission

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Patent No.
US 8,220,363
App. No.
12/950,675
Granted
Jul 17, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conical gear drive comprising an input element that interacts with a truncated conical gear via which an output element can be driven. A number of different output elements or variably selectable output elements should be able to be connected to the truncated conical gear drive.

Claims (17)

1. A bevel gear transmission comprising:

an input drive member having an input side and an output side;

a core bevel gear transmission comprising a housing, exactly one bearing inserted in an opening of the housing, a hollow internal bevel gear inserted in the opening and held by the exactly one bearing, an input connected to the output side of a housing of the input drive member, and an output with a first universal interface (I) arranged opposite to the internal bevel gear;

a second universal interface (II) output connected to the input side of the input drive member, wherein the input drive member is used for bearing a bevel gear shaft, and wherein the bevel gear shaft engages into a corresponding output drive shaft;

a plurality of different output drive elements selectively connected to the output of the core bevel gear transmission, wherein the first universal interface (I) arranged inside the housing of the core bevel gear serves to hold and center the output drive elements;

wherein the output drive element comprises a separate flange being selectively connected to the housing and being used for bearing an output drive shaft reaching into the housing and into the hollow internal bevel gear; and

a plurality of variably selectable input drives selected from a motor add-on subassembly and/or planetary pre-stage connected to an input of the universal interface (II).

2. The bevel gear transmission as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output drive stages are embodied as step-down stages for different output drives.

3. The bevel gear transmission as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the output drive elements are connected to the first universal interface (I) of the core bevel gear transmission wherein a shaft is connected fixedly or in a detachable fashion to the bevel gear of the core bevel gear transmission.

4. The bevel gear transmission as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the different output drive elements are of different sizes and are connected in a user-specific manner to one and the same first universal interface (I) of the universal core bevel gear transmission.

5. The bevel gear transmission as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the input drive element can be plugged with a bevel gear shaft into the core bevel gear transmission, with the bevel gear shaft interacting with the bevel gear of the core bevel gear transmission, and with a universal interface (II) for attaching any desired input drives, embodied as motor add-on subassemblies or planetary pre-stages, being provided at the other end of the bevel gear shaft, with the input drive or the motor add-on subassembly or the planetary pre-stage being centered by means of the housing of the input drive element in the region of the universal interface (II), and with the bevel gear shaft of the input drive element engaging in or interacting with a corresponding output drive shaft of the input drive.

6. The bevel gear transmission as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a motor add-on subassembly which is embodied as an input drive is provided with a shaft, a shaft coupling and a shaft flange ( 20 ).

7. The bevel gear transmission as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the planetary pre-stage which is embodied as an input drive has a housing which can be connected to, in particular centered with, the housing of the input drive, in particular of the universal interface (II) of the input drive, with the bevel gear shaft of the input drive engaging into an output drive shaft of the planetary pre-stage.

8. The bevel gear transmission as claimed claim 1 , wherein single-stage or multi-stage planetary pre-stages can be attached to the input drive element as input drives.

9. The bevel gear transmission as claimed claim 1 , wherein different cover elements can be connected to the core bevel gear transmission in the region of the bevel gear opposite the universal interface (I) of the output drive element.

10. The bevel gear transmission as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the covering element is of closed design or is provided with at least one opening.

11. The bevel gear transmission as claimed in claim 1 , wherein different output drive elements with individual kinematic properties can be universally connected to the universal interface (I) of the core bevel gear transmission.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 18, 2016
From: WITTENSTEIN AG
To: WITTENSTEIN SE
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