Counter rotating gear drive and associated systems, components, and methods
AssigneeGIG Energy LLC
InventorJon Woodward
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Abstract
A gear box includes a first planetary gear and a second planetary gear. The gear box further includes a first carrier of the first planetary gear coupled to a second ring gear of the second planetary gear. The gear box also includes a first ring gear of the first planetary gear coupled to a second carrier of the second planetary gear. The gear box further includes a first sun gear of the first planetary gear coupled to a first output shaft. The gear box also includes a second sun gear of the second planetary gear coupled to a second output shaft.
Claims23
1-20. (canceled)
A gear drive comprising:
- mounting brackets configured to mount the gear drive to a component that is stationary relative to the gear drive;
- a first planetary gear;
- a second planetary gear coupled to the first planetary gear;
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- a housing forming an outer case configured to house the first planetary gear and the second planetary gear, the housing being rotatable relative to the mounting brackets, and the housing being coupled to one of the first planetary gear or the second planetary gear.
A gear drive comprising:
- a first rotational input on a first end of the gear drive;
- a first rotational output on a second end of the gear drive, the first rotational output aligned with the first rotational input;
- a second rotational output being concentric with and surrounding the first rotational output;
- a third rotational output being concentric with and surrounding the second rotational output;
- a first planetary gear comprising a sun gear coupled to the first rotational output;
- a second planetary gear comprising sun gear coupled to the second rotational output and a ring gear coupled to the third rotational output;
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- a third planetary gear comprising a carrier that is coupled to the first rotational input.
A gear drive comprising:
- a first rotational input on a first end of the gear drive;
- a second rotational input on the first end of the gear drive, the second rotational input being concentric with and surrounding the first rotational input;
- a first rotational output on a second end of the gear drive opposite the first end;
- a second rotational output on the second end of the gear drive, the second rotational output being concentric with and surrounding the first rotational output;
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- an electric generator comprising a rotor coupled with the second rotational output, the electric generator configured to dynamically control a gear ratio of the gear drive.
A gear drive comprising:
- a first planetary gear;
- a second planetary gear coupled to the first planetary gear;
- a first generator disposed on a first end of the gear drive, the first generator coupled to the second planetary gear;
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- a second generator disposed on a second end of the gear drive opposite the first end, the second generator coupled to the second planetary gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.