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US 2025/0155010 A1Published application
Disc sprockets, disc sprocket systems, and methods for assembling the same
AssigneeThe Gates Corporation
InventorJing Yuan
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Abstract
A sprocket system including a sprocket assembled from multiple disc sprockets coaxially aligned and secured together to provide a desired axial width for the sprocket is described. In some embodiments, the sprocket described herein is a hub-less sprocket.
Claims20
A multi-disc sprocket, comprising:
- at least two disc sprockets,
- wherein each of the at least two disc sprockets has an identical outer diameter and outer diameter tooth profile, and
- wherein each of the at least two disc sprockets has a plurality of fastener openings spaced about the circumference of the disc sprocket;
- a first end flange having a plurality of fastener openings spaced about the circumference of the first end flange;
- a second end flange having a plurality of fastener openings spaced about the circumference of the second end flange;
- a plurality of fasteners securing together the at least two disc sprockets, the first end flange and the second end flange;
- wherein the at least two disc sprockets, the first end flange, and the second end flange are coaxially aligned;
- wherein the at least two disc sprockets are positioned between the first end flange and the second end flange;
- and
- wherein the fastener openings in each of the at least two disc sprockets, the first end flange, and the second end flange are axially aligned, and one of the plurality of fasteners extends through each set of axially-aligned fastener openings.
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A hub-less disc sprocket system, comprising:
- two first disc sprockets, each of the first disc sprockets having a first axial width, and two second disc sprockets, each of the second disc sprockets having a second axial width, the second axial width being greater than the first axial width;
- wherein the first disc sprocket and the second disc sprocket have identical outer diameters and identical outer diameter tooth profiles;
- and
- wherein no more than two of the two first disc sprockets and the two second disc sprockets are coaxially aligned and secured together to form a hub-less disc sprocket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.