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US 9,556,946 B2Granted
Vehicle transmission gear assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorUlrich Bertram
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Abstract
A transmission gear assembly, including: at least two gearwheels fitted with teeth on their periphery and connected together. One of the at least two gearwheels is a main gearwheel. Another of the at least two gearwheels is an auxiliary gearwheel. The teeth of the auxiliary gearwheel are formed resilient in a radial direction.
Claims8
A gear assembly, comprising:
- a gearwheel having radially external teeth and a peripheral recess about a circumference;
- a spring wire ring having support portions supportably contacting the groove, and antirattle portions matching a profile of and extending radially outward farther than the teeth and being radially resilient, the ring having fewer antirattle portions than the gearwheel has teeth;
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- a second gearwheel having radially external second teeth that contact the antirattle portions and the teeth.
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A gear assembly, comprising:
- a first gear having radially external teeth and a peripheral recess about a circumference;
- and a spring wire ring having support portions supportably contacting the groove, and antirattle portions matching a profile of and extending radially outward farther than the teeth and being radially resilient, the ring having fewer antirattle portions than the first gear has teeth;
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- a second gear having radially external second teeth that contact the antirattle portions and the teeth.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.