Planetary carrier pinion pin retainer plate

A planetary gear carrier assembly comprising, in combination,

• a planetary gear carrier defining an axis and having a plurality of pairs of aligned, spaced-apart bores parallel to said axis, a planet gear receiving opening between a pair of spaced-apart bores,
• a planet gear disposed in said planet gear receiving region,
• an anti-friction bearing disposed in said planet gear,
• a stub shaft disposed within said anti-friction bearing and extending between one of said pairs of aligned bores, said stub shaft including a planar end and a non-planar end located opposite said planar end, an axial bore opening at said planar end communicating with a radial bore, and a flat at said non-planar end, said radial bore oriented perpendicularly to said flat, and
• means on said carrier for engaging said flat of said stub shaft and maintaining said radial bore of said stub shaft in a radially outward orientation relative to said carrier axis.

A planetary gear assembly comprising, in combination,

• a sun gear defining an axis, a ring gear disposed on said axis and a planet gear carrier disposed on said axis and having a plurality of planet gears engaging said sun gear and said ring gear,
• said planet gear carrier having a plurality of pairs of aligned, spaced-apart bores parallel to said axis, one of said plurality of planet gears disposed between each of said pairs of spaced-apart bores,
• a stub shaft extending between each of said pairs of aligned bores and supporting one of said plurality of planet gears, said stub shaft including a planar end and a non-planar end disposed axially opposite the planar end, an axial bore opening at said planar end communicating with a radial bore and a flat disposed in said non-planar end, said radial bore oriented perpendicularly to said flat, and
• means on said planet gear carrier for engaging said flat of said stub shaft to maintain said radial bore of said stub shaft in a radially outward orientation relative to said carrier axis.