IP Library Granted Patent US 8,376,901
Granted Patent B2
US 8,376,901 · App. 12/707,310 · Granted Feb 19, 2013

Gear mechanism, particularly planet gear with a flange and a ring gear

Inventors: Thomas Riester (Willingen-Schwenningen, DE); Erkan Poyraz (Donaueschingen, DE)
Assignee: IMS Gear GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,376,901
App. No.
12/707,310
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gear mechanism with at least a flange for the adaptation of the gear mechanism to a drive component and with at least one ring gear, which is firmly connected on the gear side to the flange. The flange presents at least a radial flange bore, the ring gear presents at least a radial ring gear bore, and a pin is led through a pair consisting of such a radial flange bore and such a radial ring gear bore, and in the process the flange and the ring gear are braced firmly against each other. The flange bore and the ring gear bore may be arranged with partial overlap in the axial direction and simultaneously partial mutual offset by an offset difference.

Claims (44)

1. A gear mechanism, said gear mechanism comprising:

a planet gear, said planet gear further comprising:

(a) at least one flange configured to adapt said gear mechanism to a drive component, said at least one flange further comprising a corresponding radial flange bore;

(b) at least one ring gear, said at least one ring gear finely connected on a gear side to said at least one flange, said at least one ring gear further comprising a corresponding radial ring gear bore; and

(c) a pin, said pin being led through a pair comprising said radial flange bore and said radial ring gear bore, and wherein said at least one flange and said at least one ring gear are braced firmly against each other,

wherein said radial flange bore and said radial ring gear bore are arranged with at least a partial overlap in an axial direction and simultaneously partially and mutually offset by an offset difference, and wherein said pin is configured such that said pin pressed in by a press fit into said radial flange bore and said radial ring gear bore.

2. A gear mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one flange further comprises:

a flange projection, said flange projection extending, on the gear side, in an axis-parallel direction, and wherein said corresponding flange bore is led through or into said flange projection.

3. A gear mechanism according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one ring gear comprises:

a corresponding axis-parallel ring gear projection, said corresponding axis-parallel ring gear projection engaging, in said axis-parallel direction, over said at least one flange, and wherein said corresponding ring gear bore leads through said corresponding ring gear projection.

4. A gear mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein said at least one ring gear comprises:

a corresponding axis-parallel ring gear projection, said corresponding axis-parallel ring gear projection engaging, in said axis-parallel direction, over said at least one flange projection, and wherein said corresponding ring gear bore leads through said corresponding ring gear projection.

5. A gear mechanism according to claim 3 , wherein:

(a) said at least one flange comprises a flange abutment which is at a separation from said radial flange bore;

(b) said ring gear projection is braced against said flange abutment; and

(c) said flange abutment is at a smaller separation from said radial flange bore than said ring gear bore is from said flange abutment.

6. A gear mechanism according to claim 3 , in which said flange projection and said ring gear projection further comprises:

mutually facing reference surfaces, which are pressed with their surface against each other by said pin.

7. A gear mechanism according to claim 1 , said gear mechanism further comprising four or more of said pairs consisting of said radial flange bore and said radial ring gear bore, and wherein a corresponding one of said pin is inserted.

8. A gear mechanism, said gear mechanism comprising:

a planet gear, said planet gear further comprising:

(a) at least one flange configured to adapt said gear mechanism to a drive component, said at least one flange further comprising a corresponding radial flange bore;

(b) at least one ring gear, said at least one ring gear firmly connected on a gear side to said at least one flange, said at least one ring gear further comprising a corresponding radial ring gear bore; and

(c) a pin;

(i) said pin being led through a pair, and wherein said pair further comprises said radial flange bore and said radial ring gear bore, and wherein said at least one radial flange bore and said at least one radial ring gear bore are braced firmly against each other and arranged with at least a partial overlap in an axial direction and simultaneously and mutually offset by an offset difference; and

(ii) said pin being pressed in by a press fit into said radial flange bore and said radial ring gear bore.

9. A gear mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one flange further comprises:

a flange projection, said flange projection extending, on the gear side, in an axis-parallel direction, and wherein said corresponding flange bore is led through or into said flange projection.

10. A gear mechanism according to claim 9 , wherein said at least one ring gear comprises:

a corresponding axis-parallel ring gear projection, said corresponding axis-parallel ring gear projection engaging, in said axis-parallel direction, over said at least one flange projection, and wherein said corresponding ring gear bore leads through said corresponding ring gear projection.

11. A gear mechanism according to claim 8 , wherein said at least one ring gear comprises:

a corresponding axis-parallel ring gear projection, said corresponding axis-parallel ring gear projection engaging, in said axis-parallel direction, over said at least one flange, and wherein said corresponding ring gear bore leads through said corresponding ring gear projection.

12. A gear mechanism according to claim 11 , wherein:

(a) said at least one flange comprises a flange abutment which is at a separation from said radial flange bore;

(b) said ring gear projection is braced against said flange abutment; and

(c) said flange abutment is at a smaller separation from said radial flange bore than said ring gear bore is from said flange abutment.

13. A gear mechanism according to claim 11 , in which said flange projection and said ring gear projection further comprise:

mutually facing reference surfaces, which are pressed with their surface against each other by said pin.

14. A gear mechanism, said gear mechanism comprising:

a planet gear, said planet gear further comprising:

(a) at least one flange configured to adapt said gear mechanism to a drive component, said at least one flange further comprising a corresponding radial flange bore;

(b) at least one ring gear, said at least one ring gear firmly connected on a gear side to said at least one flange, said at least one ring gear further comprising a corresponding radial ring gear bore;

(c) a plurality of pins; and

(d) four or more pairs, each of said pairs further comprising said radial flange bore and said radial ring gear bore, and arranged with at least a partial overlap in an axial direction and simultaneously mutually offset by an offset difference, and wherein said at least one flange and said at least one ring gear are braced firmly against each other, and into which a corresponding one of said plurality of pins is inserted.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2016
From: IMS GEAR GMBH
To: IMS GEAR SE & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 040362/0372 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2010
From: RIESTER, THOMAS; POYRAZ, ERKAN
To: IMS GEAR GMBH
Reel/Frame 024408/0739 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 017 014 · Apr 14, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100261572A1 · Oct 14, 2010