IP Library Granted Patent US 10,514,071
Granted Patent B2
US 10,514,071 · App. 15/438,103 · Granted Dec 24, 2019

Torque transmitting assembly

Inventors: Erik Piper (Clinton Township, MI); Timothy J. Cripsey (Rochester, MI)
Assignee: METAL FORMING & COINING CORPORATION
F16D11/14F16D1/116F16D2001/103
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Patent No.
US 10,514,071
App. No.
15/438,103
Granted
Dec 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A torque transmitting assembly including a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof. A gear assembly axially aligns with the first drum and has a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum. The gear assembly includes an annular gear and a plate axially aligning with the gear.

Claims (24)

1. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:

a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof;

a gear assembly axially aligning with the first drum and having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum, the gear assembly including an annular gear and a plate axially aligning with the gear; and

a sensor component annularly extending on an inner surface of the first drum, wherein the sensor component is a ring having a plurality of windows, and wherein the sensor component is captured by the drum during a flow forming process.

2. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first drum is aluminum and the gear is steel.

3. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plate is received on a shoulder formed on an inner surface of the gear.

4. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of teeth of the gear assembly is formed on an end of the gear.

5. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gear assembly further includes a second drum receiving the gear and the plate.

6. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of teeth of the gear assembly is formed on an end of the second drum.

7. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 5 , wherein the second drum is steel.

8. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:

a first drum having a plurality of splines formed on an inner surface intermediate a first end and a second end thereof and one of a flange and a plurality of teeth formed at the first end thereof; and

a gear assembly coupled to the first end of the first drum and engaging the one of the flange and the plurality of teeth of the first drum, the gear assembly including a second drum receiving an annular gear and a plate axially aligning with the gear, wherein the first drum is aluminum, the second drum is steel, the gear is steel, and the plate is steel, and wherein the plate is integrally formed with the second drum.

9. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 8 , wherein the flange is formed at the first end of the first drum and the plate is coupled to the flange of the first drum.

10. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:

an aluminum drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof; and

a gear assembly axially aligning with the drum and coupled to the end of the drum, the gear assembly including a steel drum, an annular steel gear, and a steel plate, the steel drum having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the aluminum drum and a plurality of splines formed on an inner surface thereof, the steel gear having a plurality of splines formed on an outer surface thereof engaging the plurality of splines of the steel drum, the plate engaging at least one of an inner surface of the steel gear and an inner surface of the steel drum.

11. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:

a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof; and

a gear assembly axially aligning with the first drum and having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum, the gear assembly including an annular gear, a plate axially aligning with the gear, and a second drum receiving the gear and the plate, wherein the second drum includes a plurality of splines formed on an inner surface thereof and the gear includes a plurality of splines formed on an outer surface thereof engaging the plurality of splines formed on the inner surface of the second drum.

12. The torque transmitting assembly of claim 11 , wherein the plate includes a plurality of splines formed on an outer surface thereof, the plurality of splines formed on the plate engaging the plurality of splines formed on the inner surface of the second drum.

13. A torque transmitting assembly comprising:

a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof; and

a gear assembly axially aligning with the first drum and having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum, the gear assembly including an annular gear, a plate axially aligning with the gear, and a second drum receiving the gear and the plate, wherein the second drum is formed from a first component coupled to a second component.

Assignments (7)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2024
From: METAL FORMING & COINING, LLC
To: WANXIANG AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 066963/0676 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: METAL FORMING & COINING, LLC
Reel/Frame 066950/0713 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2024
From: METAL FORMING & COINING, LLC
To: TRUIST BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 066953/0175 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 26, 2023
From: METAL FORMING & COINING CORPORATION
To: METAL FORMING & COINING, LLC
Reel/Frame 065031/0416 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2023
From: METAL FORMING & COINING, LLC
To: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 062455/0237 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2022
From: METAL FORMING & COINING, LLC
To: WANXIANG AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 062108/0248 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2017
From: PIPER, ERIK; CRIPSEY, TIMOTHY J.
To: METAL FORMING & COINING CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041330/0297 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62296917 · Feb 18, 2016
Related Publication 20170241485A1 · Aug 24, 2017