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US 10,821,532 B2Granted
Advanced herringbone gear design
AssigneeSikorsky Aircraft Corporation
InventorsEdward H. Bittner, Bruce D. Hansen, Christopher John Mussel
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Abstract
A herringbone gear includes a cylindrical body having a circumferential face having a width. A first helical gear tooth on the circumferential face has a first configuration, a second helical gear tooth on the circumferential face has a second configuration, and a transition on the circumferential face extends between the first helical gear tooth and the second helical gear tooth. An involute form taken within a transverse plane of the circumferential face remains constant over the width.
Claims15
A herringbone gear, comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a circumferential face having a width;
- a first helical gear tooth on the circumferential face having a first configuration;
- a second helical gear tooth on the circumferential face having a second configuration other than the first configuration;
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- a transition on the circumferential face extending between the first helical gear tooth and the second helical gear tooth such that an involute form taken within a transverse plane of the circumferential face which remains constant over the width.
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A method of forming a double-helical gear, comprising:
- forming a portion of an aligned first gear tooth, transition gear tooth and second gear tooth via a single pass of a spindle such that an involute form taken within a transverse plane remains constant over a width of the gear, wherein forming the portion of the transition gear tooth includes varying an orientation of a longitudinal axis of the spindle relative to the gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.