IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,946,535
Granted Patent B2
US 11,946,535 · App. 18/226,661 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Clamp building block differential

Inventor: Martynas Puotkalis (Vilnius, LT)
Assignee: DOUBLEEAGLE INDUSTRY (CHINA) LIMITED
F16H48/40A63H17/262F16H48/08F16H2048/085
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Patent No.
US 11,946,535
App. No.
18/226,661
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clamp building block differential ( 2 ) includes a differential cage ( 10 ) extending in a longitudinal direction ( 4 ), a transverse direction ( 6 ) transverse to the longitudinal direction ( 4 ), and a vertical direction ( 8 ) transverse to the longitudinal direction ( 4 ) and transverse to the transverse direction ( 6 ), having a cage bottom ( 12 ) extending in the longitudinal direction ( 4 ) and the transverse direction ( 6 ) from which a first cage wall ( 14 ) and a second cage wall ( 16 ) extend in the vertical direction ( 8 ) and which are spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction ( 6 ), and including a cage column ( 18 ) which extends in the vertical direction ( 8 ) and which is held on the cage walls ( 14, 16 ).

Claims (19)

1. Clamp building block differential ( 2 ), comprising:

a differential cage ( 10 ) extending in a longitudinal direction ( 4 ), a transverse direction ( 6 ) transverse to the longitudinal direction ( 4 ), and a vertical direction ( 8 ) transverse to the longitudinal direction ( 4 ) and transverse to the transverse direction ( 6 ), having a cage bottom ( 12 ) extending in the longitudinal direction ( 4 ) and the transverse direction ( 6 ) from which a first cage wall ( 14 ) and a second cage wall ( 16 ) extend in the vertical direction ( 8 ) and which are spaced apart from one another in the transverse direction ( 6 ), and comprising a cage column ( 18 ) which extends in the vertical direction ( 8 ) and which is held on the cage walls ( 14 , 16 ),

a first sun wheel ( 48 ) placed on the cage bottom ( 12 ) and designed to drive a first output shaft through the cage bottom ( 12 ),

a planetary wheel ( 50 ) engaged with the first sun wheel ( 48 ),

a cover ( 62 ) which is held on the cage walls ( 14 , 16 ) opposite to the cage bottom ( 12 ) in the vertical direction ( 8 ), and

a second sun wheel ( 48 ) held between the cage column ( 18 ) and the cover ( 62 ) and engaged with the planetary wheel ( 50 ) and which is designed to drive a second output shaft through the cover ( 62 ),

wherein the planetary wheel ( 50 ) is held on a pivot bearing ( 44 ) of the cage column ( 18 ) and can be rotated on it.

2. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot bearing ( 44 ) is executed as a plain bearing.

3. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the pivot bearing ( 44 ) comprises a bearing axle onto which the planetary wheel ( 50 ) is slid axially.

4. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 3 , wherein the bearing axle ( 44 ) has a positive locking element ( 46 ) opposite the cage column ( 18 ), which blocks an axial movement of the planetary wheel ( 50 ) away from the cage column ( 18 ) in at least one rotational position of the planetary wheel ( 50 ) and permits it in at least one other rotational position of the planetary wheel ( 50 ).

5. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 1 , comprising a further planetary wheel ( 50 ) being meshed with the first sun wheel ( 48 ), which can be rotated on a further pivot bearing ( 44 ) of the cage column ( 18 ).

6. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 5 , wherein the pivot bearing ( 44 ) and the further pivot bearing ( 44 ) are arranged symmetrically held with respect to the cage column ( 18 ).

7. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 1 , wherein a first cover wall ( 65 ) and a second cover wall ( 67 ) extend from the cover ( 62 ) counter to the vertical direction ( 8 ) and which are spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction and between which the cage walls ( 14 , 16 ) are held guided in the vertical direction.

8. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the cover walls ( 65 , 67 ) comprises a slot ( 78 ) extending in the vertical direction ( 8 ) into which at least one portion of the pivot bearing ( 44 ) can be inserted in the vertical direction ( 8 ).

9. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 8 , wherein the slot ( 78 ) comprises a slot end when viewed in the vertical direction and a mechanical load is applied to the slot end by the pivot bearing ( 44 ).

10. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 7 , wherein the cover walls ( 65 , 67 ) are connected to the cage walls ( 14 , 16 ) transversely to the vertical direction ( 8 ) with a lapping ( 32 , 70 ).

11. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 2 , wherein the pivot bearing ( 44 ) comprises a bearing axle onto which the planetary wheel ( 50 ) is slid axially.

12. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 8 , wherein the cover walls ( 65 , 67 ) are connected to the cage walls ( 14 , 16 ) transversely to the vertical direction ( 8 ) with a lapping ( 32 , 70 ).

13. The clamp building block differential ( 2 ) according to claim 9 , wherein the cover walls ( 65 , 67 ) are connected to the cage walls ( 14 , 16 ) transversely to the vertical direction ( 8 ) with a lapping ( 32 , 70 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2023
From: PUOTKALIS, MARTYNAS
To: DOUBLEEAGLE INDUSTRY (CHINA) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064393/0445 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202221314210 · Aug 14, 2022 · national
DE 10 2023 105 776.6 · Mar 8, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240052919A1 · Feb 15, 2024
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