Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compliant carrier wall for improved gearbox load sharing
- Patent Title (中): 符合标准的承载墙,用于改进变速箱负载分担
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Application No.: US13155440Application Date: 2011-06-08
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Publication No.: US08172717B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Fulton Jose Lopez , Daniel Jason Erno , Darren Lee Hallman , Bugra Han Ertas , Robert Michael Zirin , Michael John Wittbrodt
- Applicant: Fulton Jose Lopez , Daniel Jason Erno , Darren Lee Hallman , Bugra Han Ertas , Robert Michael Zirin , Michael John Wittbrodt
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agent Ann M. Agosti
- Main IPC: F16H57/08
- IPC: F16H57/08

Abstract:
A planetary gear system and a method of fabricating same. The planetary gear system includes at least one planet gear, at least one planet pin receiving the at least one planet gear, and a carrier. The carrier itself includes at least one carrier opening for accommodating the at least planet gear, at least one planet pin opening for receiving the at least one planet pin, and at least one flex portion within a wall of the carrier for providing enhanced compliance to the carrier in response to force directed on the at least one planet gear.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120028756A1 COMPLIANT CARRIER WALL FOR IMPROVED GEARBOX LOAD SHARING Public/Granted day:2012-02-02
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