Eaton Corporation

Eaton Cummins Automated Transmission Technologies, LLC

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited

Benjamin S Sheen

Carlos H Wink

Graeme Andrew Jackson

Christian Thomas Chimner

Paul R Peterson

Timothy Scott Smith

David L Wadas

Paul Wilson

Andrzej Wota

Troy Scott Reinoehl

Clinton Lee McClellan

James Lee Whitaker

Steven Michael Peterson

William Andrew David

Kevin McGovern

Paige Elizabeth Fernald

Thomas Connolly

Ian Daniel McKenzie

Christopher Deboer

Sipei Chen

Matthew Richard Busdiecker

Jeff Hawarden

Joseph Paul Furner

Justin Keith Griffiths

Yeidei Wang

Adam Christopher Maurer

Sujay Kawale

Ryan Pauls

Carl Christopher Smith

Alex Abernethy

Bill J Ridge

Michael J Marsden

A parallel axis gear configuration constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure can include a first gear having a first gear tooth that includes a lead crowning across a face width thereof. The lead crowning can include (i) a first lead crown defined from a centerline to a transition point and (ii) a second lead crown defined from the transition point to a first end point. The lead crowning can include a drop-off magnitude that is greater at the second lead crown than the first lead crown.

Gear tooth crowning arrangement

A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing includes a single external power access for the shift actuator. A controller interprets a shaft displacement angle, determines if the transmission is in an imminent zero or zero torque region, and performs a transmission operation in response to the transmission in the imminent zero or zero torque region.

High efficiency, high output transmission

A transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a prime mover, a countershaft, main shaft, and an output shaft, with gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. A shift actuator selectively couples the input shaft to the main shaft by rotatably coupling gears between the countershaft and the main shaft. The shift actuator is mounted on an exterior wall of a housing including the countershaft and the main shaft. An integrated actuator housing is operationally coupled to the shift actuator and a linear clutch actuator. The linear clutch actuator is a self-adjusting actuator, and the transmission includes a self-adjusting clutch.

An exemplary modified tooth proportion gear cutter includes a gear cutter that has a plurality of cutting teeth, and each one of the cutting teeth has a pair of cutting edges configured to cut a gear in a blank orientation so as to provide the gear in a final orientation. The gear in its final orientation has an involute tooth profile including a plurality of cut teeth and a plurality of valleys therebetween. The cutting edges are configured to cut the gear in the blank orientation, such that the gear in the final orientation includes the involute tooth profile with an active profile section and an operating pitch diameter that is spaced apart from the active profile section.

Modified tooth proportion gear cutter

A gear hobbing apparatus for producing a gear from a blank according to one example of the present disclosure can include a hob, a first series of hob teeth and a second series of hob teeth. The hob can have a cylindrical hob body. The first series of hob teeth can extend from the cylindrical hob body and have a first whole depth. The second series of hob teeth can alternately extend from the cylindrical hob body with the first series of hob teeth and have a second whole depth. The first and second whole depths are distinct and configured to create a gear from the blank that has adjacent teeth having distinct outer diameters.

Gear hobbing cutter with non-constant whole depths

A differential gear mechanism includes a differential case, a first side gear, a second side gear, a first pinion and a second pinion. The first side gear is rotatably mounted within the differential case and has a first outer diameter. The second side gear is rotatably mounted within the differential case and has a second diameter. The first pinion gear is meshed for rotation with the first side gear during a first meshing event. The second pinion gear is meshed for rotation with the second side gear during a second meshing event. The first and second pinion gears form a torque transfer arrangement configured for transferring torque between the first and second pinion gears and the first and second side gears to rotate the first and second side gears. The first and second outer diameters are distinct such that the first and second meshing events are offset in time.

Non-synchronous gear meshing events for limited slip differentials

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