Planet gear carrier arrangement with axial support
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsZoltan Brassai, Bjoern Schneider, Vladimir Premiski
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Abstract
A planet gear carrier arrangement is provided for an automatic transmission having axial support. The planet carrier arrangement comprises a planet gear hub member, a plurality of planet gear pins carried by said hub member, a plurality of planet gears rotatably carried by said pins and an oil collecting ring carried by said hub member. The ring has formed at its inner circumference a truncated cone. The ring further has a thrust surface provided on a side of said ring axially opposite the hub member.
Claims14
A planet gear carrier arrangement for an automatic transmission, said carrier having axial support, comprising:
- a planet gear hub member;
- a plurality of planet gear pins carried by said hub member;
- a plurality of planet gears rotatably carried by said pins;
- an oil collecting ring carried by said hub member, said ring having formed at its inner circumference a truncated cone and said ring having a thrust surface provided on a side of said ring axially opposite said hub member, and
- wherein said thrust surface comprises a race of a thrust bearing axially adjacent said hub member.
A planet gear carrier arrangement for an automatic transmission, said carrier having axial support, comprising:
- a planet gear hub member;
- a plurality of planet gear pins carried by said hub member;
- a plurality of planet gears rotatably carried by said pins;
- an oil collecting ring carried by said hub member, said ring having formed at its inner circumference a truncated cone and said ring having a thrust surface provided on a side of said ring axially opposite said hub member,
- said oil collecting ring comprises a polygonal shape at its outer circumference;
- and
- said planet gear carrier hub member further comprises a recess having a polygonal form corresponding to said oil collecting ring for securing said oil collecting ring on said hub member.
A planet gear carrier arrangement with axial support comprising:
- a planet gear carrier hub member;
- a plurality of hollow pins supported by said hub member;
- a plurality of planetary gears supported by said pins;
- and
- a thrust bearing axially supporting said hub member, said thrust bearing including a race secured to said hub member, said race comprising an oil collecting ring having formed at its inner circumference a truncated cone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.