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US 12,516,721 B2Granted
Gear structure and gear mechanism
AssigneeNok Corporation
InventorNaoya Iwata
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Abstract
A gear structure includes a gear member including an outer circumferential surface provided with a plurality of gear teeth, and a band member surrounding the gear member and pressing the plurality of gear teeth inwardly.
Claims6
A gear structure comprising:
- a gear member including an outer circumferential surface provided with a plurality of gear teeth;
- and
- a band member surrounding the gear member and pressing the plurality of gear teeth inwardly,
- wherein the band member includes an inner circumferential surface that contacts the plurality of gear teeth that includes a plurality of recesses that are configured for receipt of the plurality of teeth.
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A gear mechanism comprising:
- a first gear structure;
- and
- a second gear structure that meshes with the first gear structure,
- wherein the first gear structure includes:
- a first gear member including an outer circumferential surface provided with a plurality of first gear teeth, and
- a first band member contacting the first gear member and pressing the plurality of first gear teeth inwardly;
- and
- wherein the second gear structure includes:
- a second gear member including an outer circumferential surface provided with a plurality of second gear teeth, and
- a second band member contacting the second gear member and pressing the plurality of second gear teeth inwardly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.