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US 2009/0156353 A1Published application
Planetary gear set
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsHyun Ku Lee, Wang Kweon Lee, Moosuk Kim, Sangik Ryu
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Abstract
A planetary gear set includes: a sun gear, a plurality of planetary gears externally meshed with the sun gear, and a carrier that interconnects the plurality of planetary gears such that the plurality of planetary gears revolve around a exterior circumference of the sun gear, and an arrangement of the plurality of planetary gears is rotationally non-symmetrical.
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A planetary gear set of a transmission of a vehicle, comprising:
- a sun gear;
- a first planetary gear externally meshed with the sun gear;
- a second planetary gear externally meshed with the sun gear and disposed away from the first planetary gear by a first angular spacing around the sun gear;
- a third planetary gear externally meshed with the sun gear and disposed away from the second planetary gear by a second angular spacing larger than the first angular spacing around the sun gear;
- and
- a carrier that interconnects the first, second, and the third planetary gears.
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A planetary gear set, comprising:
- a sun gear;
- a plurality of planetary gears externally meshed with the sun gear;
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- a carrier that interconnects the plurality of planetary gears such that the plurality of planetary gears revolve around a exterior circumference of the sun gear,
- wherein an arrangement of the plurality of planetary gears is arranged rotationally non-symmetrical.
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