Low-profile toroidal slewing drive
AssigneeLocuDrive Ltd.
InventorsAlexander Gorinstein, Aleksander Dvorskyy
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Abstract
A toroidal slewing drive includes a slewing bearing, a slewing output gear and at least one arc-shaped gear box. The slewing bearing includes an inner ring and an outer ring which move relative to one another. The slewing output gear includes gear teeth between an upper gear slot and a lower gear slot and is mounted on one of the inner ring and the outer ring. The at least one arc-shaped gear box includes a motor, a drive output gear, and a plurality of cluster gears and drives the drive output gear through the plurality of cluster gears. The drive output gear engages the slewing output gear. A portion of at least one of the plurality of cluster gears occupies at least a portion of at least one of the upper gear slot and the lower gear slot.
Claims10
A toroidal slewing drive comprising:
- a slewing bearing comprising an inner ring and an outer ring, said inner ring and said outer ring movable relative to one another;
- a slewing output gear comprising gear teeth between an upper gear slot and a lower gear slot, said slewing output gear mounted on one of said inner ring and said outer ring;
- at least one arc-shaped gear box comprising a motor, a drive output gear, and a plurality of cluster gears, said motor driving said drive output gear through said plurality of cluster gears;
- wherein said drive output gear engages said slewing output gear;
- and wherein a portion of at least one of said plurality of cluster gears occupies at least a portion of at least one of said upper gear slot and said lower gear slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.