IP Library Granted Patent US 8,845,198
Granted Patent B2
US 8,845,198 · App. 13/779,287 · Granted Sep 30, 2014

Transmission wheel arrangement

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Patent No.
US 8,845,198
App. No.
13/779,287
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission wheel arrangement includes a shaft and a transmission wheel having a hub and rotatably arranged on the shaft. An axial bearing and a radial bearing are arranged axially and radially respectively between the hub of the transmission wheel and the shaft.

Claims (29)

1. A transmission wheel arrangement comprising:

a shaft;

a transmission wheel having a hub and rotatably arranged on the shaft;

an axial bearing;

a first radial bearing; and

a second radial bearing,

wherein the axial bearing and the first and second radial bearings are arranged axially and radially respectively between the hub of the transmission wheel and the shaft, and

wherein the axial bearing is arranged between the first and second radial bearings when viewed in an axial direction.

2. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the second radial bearing is offset from the first radial bearing in a radial direction.

3. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 1 ,

wherein the shaft has a region of a first outer diameter and a region of a second outer diameter,

wherein the transmission wheel has a region of a first inner diameter and a region of a second inner diameter,

wherein the first radial bearing is arranged in the region between the first outer diameter and the first inner diameter,

wherein the second radial bearing is arranged in the region between the second outer diameter and the second inner diameter, and

wherein the second outer diameter is greater that the first inner diameter.

4. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the region of the second outer diameter and the second inner diameter is formed through a bearing inner ring.

5. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the first outer diameter is smaller than the second outer diameter, and wherein the first inner diameter is smaller than the second inner diameter.

6. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein between the first region and the second region of the transmission wheel and the shaft or of a bearing inner ring, at least one shoulder each is provided, which comprises an annular surface extending in radial direction.

7. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein the axial bearing is axially supported between an annular surface of the shaft or of the bearing inner ring and an annular surface of the transmission wheel.

8. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a support disc provided between at least one annular surface of the transmission wheel and/or of the shaft and/or of the bearing inner ring and the axial bearing.

9. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the first outer diameter is larger than the second outer diameter, and wherein the first inner diameter is larger than the second inner diameter.

10. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the axial bearing is arranged in another region between the first outer diameter and the second inner diameter.

11. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission wheel is axially supported on an axial end face of a support ring.

12. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 11 , further comprising:

a further axial bearing provided between the transmission wheel and the support ring.

13. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the axial bearing and the further axial bearing is an axial needle bearing.

14. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein at least one of the axial bearing and the further axial bearing is a slide bearing.

15. The transmission wheel arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission wheel is rotatably arranged on the shaft with a bearing inner ring.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
To: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 034287/0601 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2014
From: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
Reel/Frame 033135/0336 →