Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Engine crankshaft including a planetary gear balance unit
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Application No.: US15093100Application Date: 2016-04-07
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Publication No.: US09885399B2Publication Date: 2018-02-06
- Inventor: Maziar Khosravi , Stefan Quiring , Martin Lutz
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Julia Voutyras
- Priority: DE102015206245 20150408
- Main IPC: F16F15/26
- IPC: F16F15/26 ; F16H1/46 ; F01B9/04 ; F01B1/08 ; F02B75/06 ; F16C3/20

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for an engine crankshaft including an un-balanced mass coupled to a planetary gear set driven by the engine crankshaft. In one example, a system may include an engine crankshaft as a sun gear for a planetary gear set, with a single un-balanced mass coupled to an outer ring of the planetary gear set. In another example, a method may include driving an engine crankshaft in a first direction and driving an un-balanced mass coupled to an outer ring of a planetary gear set in a second direction opposite to the first direction, with rotation of the outer ring being driven by the engine crankshaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160298722A1 ENGINE CRANKSHAFT INCLUDING A PLANETARY GEAR BALANCE UNIT Public/Granted day:2016-10-13
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