# US 12,000,471 B2 · Spur gear

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- Number: US 12,000,471 B2
- Document ID: US12000471B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/775,367
- Filed: 2020-11-03
- Published: 2022-12-08
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2019-11-08
- Assignees: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Applicants: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
- Inventors: Andreas Lenz; Christian Deubner; Oliver Mosaner; Sebastian Wolf
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000471B2

## CPC

- F16H 55/17: Toothed wheels (worm wheels F16H55/22; chain wheels F16H55/30)
- F16H: GEARING

## Abstract

A spur gear includes a radially outer, spur-cut gear rim, a radially inner hub, and a rotationally symmetrical radial connecting structure which integrally connects the gear rim to the hub. The radial connecting structure has mutually spaced struts, which extend between the hub and the gear rim, and axial perforations or holes, which are situated between the struts. The radial connecting structure has a disk-shaped base body, through which the axial holes pass and which has an axial front side and an axial rear side, with the struts being situated on the front side.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A spur gear, comprising:
a radially-outwardly-disposed spur-cut gear rim;
a radially-inwardly-disposed hub; and
a rotationally symmetrical radial connecting structure connecting said gear rim to said hub;
all of said gear rim, said hub, and said radial connecting structure being integrally formed as one single piece;
said radial connecting structure having mutually spaced-apart struts extending between said hub and said gear rim and forming axial perforations between said struts;
said struts including a set of struts of a first type and a set of struts of a second type,
said set of struts of said first type and said set of struts of said second type each having a profile with a width and a height;
said height of said profile of said set of struts of said first type being greater than said width of said profile of said set of struts of said first type;
said width of said profile of said set of struts of said second type being greater than said height of said profile of said set of struts of said second type; and
said radial connecting structure having a disk-shaped base body penetrated by said axial perforations, said base body having an axial front side and an axial rear side, and said struts being disposed only on said front side of said base body.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The spur gear according to claim 1, wherein:
each of said struts has a starting point and extends in a straight line from said starting point;
each of said struts is tilted about an axial direction and relative to a radial line intersecting said starting point; and
said struts of said first type are tilted in a direction opposite to said struts of said second type.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The spur gear according to claim 2, wherein said struts of said first type are tilted by a larger angular amount than said struts of said second type.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The spur gear according to claim 2, wherein:
said starting points of said struts include radially outer starting points on said gear rim and radially inner starting points on said hub; and
said struts include pairs of two adjacent struts of different types contacting each other either at said radially outer starting points or at said radially inner starting points.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The spur gear according to claim 1, which further comprises a reinforcing body disposed on said rear side of said base body, said reinforcing body merging radially inward into said hub and being stretched radially outward in a star shape.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The spur gear according to claim 5, wherein said star-shaped reinforcing body has star tips, and said axial perforations are disposed in extension of or alignment with said star tips.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The spur gear according to claim 1, wherein said axial perforations have a circular shape.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The spur gear according to claim 1, wherein said axial perforations have a rounded, isosceles, flat triangular shape with a radially inwardly facing vertex.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The spur gear according to claim 1, wherein said base body is disposed axially off-center.