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US 2017/0241485 A1Published application
Torque transmitting assembly
AssigneeMetal Forming & Coining Corporation
InventorsErik Piper, Timothy J. Cripsey
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Abstract
A torque transmitting assembly including a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof. A gear assembly axially aligns with the first drum and has a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum. The gear assembly includes an annular gear and a plate axially aligning with the gear.
Claims20
A torque transmitting assembly comprising:
- a first drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof;
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- a gear assembly axially aligning with the first drum and having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the drum, the gear assembly including an annular gear and a plate axially aligning with the gear.
A torque transmitting assembly comprising:
- a first drum having a plurality of splines formed on an inner surface intermediate a first end and a second end thereof and one of a flange and a plurality of teeth formed at the first end thereof;
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- a gear assembly coupled to the first end of the drum and engaging the one of the flange and the plurality of teeth of the drum, the gear assembly including a second drum receiving an annular gear and a plate axially aligning with the gear.
A torque transmitting assembly comprising:
- an aluminum drum having a plurality of teeth formed at an end thereof;
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- a gear assembly axially aligning with the drum and coupled to the end of the drum, the gear assembly including a steel drum, an annular steel gear, and a steel plate, the steel drum having a plurality of teeth intermeshing with the plurality of teeth of the aluminum drum and a plurality of splines formed on an inner surface thereof, the steel gear having a plurality of splines formed on an outer surface thereof engaging the plurality of splines of the steel drum, the plate engaging at least one of an inner surface of the steel gear and an inner surface of the steel drum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.