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US 11,231,072 B2Granted
Gear assembly with thrust washer configuration
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsReginald M. Bindl, Prashant M. Jundale, Javier Jose Perez
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Abstract
A gear assembly comprises an axle defining an axis of rotation, a gear mounted to the axle for rotation relative to the axle about the axis of rotation, a pin, and a thrust washer disposed axially adjacent to the gear. The pin is disposed in a portion of the thrust washer and extends into the axle.
Claims17
A gear assembly, comprising:
- a support,
- an axle mounted to the support and defining an axis of rotation,
- a gear mounted to the axle for rotation relative to the axle about the axis of rotation,
- a pin, and
- a thrust washer disposed axially adjacent to the gear and blocked against rotation relative to the support about the axis of rotation, the thrust washer comprising a through-hole and a channel, the axle disposed in the through-hole, the pin disposed in the channel and extending into the axle, wherein the thrust washer comprises a bight projecting axially into the support and comprising the channel.
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A gear assembly, comprising:
- an axle defining an axis of rotation,
- a gear mounted to the axle for rotation relative to the axle about the axis of rotation,
- a pin, a groove, and
- a thrust washer disposed axially adjacent to the gear, the thrust washer comprising a bight, the pin disposed in the bight and extending into the axle, wherein the bight projects axially into the groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.