The Timken Company

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Randy P Kruse

Xiaolan Ai

Gerald P Fox

Ryan D Evans

Matthew G Wilmer

Curt Orkin

Ryan Forbes

James Maloof

Neil Chiavaroli

Jaroslav Suchanek

Milos Malec

Bradley Smith

Elizabeth P Cooke

The present disclosure generally relates to an apparatus for filling a biowaste tank having an inner body with first and second ends. The first end receives biowaste and the second end directs the biowaste into a tank. The apparatus has an outer body with first and second ends. The first end receives overflow and the second end is flush with the second end of the inner body, and the outer body fully encompasses the inner body. The apparatus has a first pipe with an inlet configured to attach to the tank and an outlet in the inner body, and a second pipe with an inlet in the outer body, and an outlet in the tank, the pipe configured to direct overflow biowaste from the inner body into the tank through a second aperture in the tank.

Device for improving performance of biowaste hopper and related methods of use

An epicyclic gear system includes sun and ring gears (), planet pinions () arrayed (a, b) between these gears, and a carrier () to which planet pinions are coupled through flexpins (). The pinions are located between carrier walls () with flexpins for the respective arrays cantilevered from opposite walls. The carrier is subjected to externally applied torque which transfers through the system. The load path (p) for one array is shorter than that (p) for the other array, which disparity causes carrier distortion with flexpins on one wall angularly displaced from flexpins on the other wall. The system compensates for this by one wall having areas () of weakness where the flexpins cantilever from it. This enables the pinions of the two arrays to better mesh under a load and share torque transfer more evenly.

Epicyclic gear system having two arrays of pinions mounted on flexpins with compensation for carrier distortion

A high ratio epicyclic gear train (A) with improved load carrying capability for transmitting power from a driven input shaft, such as may be driven by a turbine engine or engines, to a output shaft, as may be coupled to a rotor of a rotary wing aircraft. The compound epicyclic gear train incorporates a load sharing mechanism consisting of a drive sun gear (), an idler sun gear (), a ring gear (), a set of drive planet gear assemblies (), a set of idler planet gear assemblies (), and a planet carrier assembly () coupled to provide at least two power pathways through said epicyclic gear train (A) between said driven input shaft and said output shaft to provide an improved overall power density of the transmission.

Epicyclical gear transmission with improved load carrying capability

A method for use with a transmission system (A, A, B) incorporating a split gear assembly () for splitting an applied input load between two or more reaction gears () or pathways to selectively positioning a support bearing () to achieve an optimized load distribution (LRT) among a set of drive planet pinions () and idler planet pinions () in the transmission system.

Gear transmission load sharing mechanism

A method and apparatus for a transmission system selectively positioning sets of planet gear support bearings () to achieve an optimized load distribution among a set of drive planet pinions () and a set of idler planet pinions () disposed in engagement between two reaction gears () in the transmission system (A, A), for splitting an applied load between at least two pathways between an input and an output.

Load split mechanism for gear transmission

An epicyclic gear system (A) includes helical sun and ring gears () and helical planet pinions () located between and engaged with the sun and ring gears. The gear system also includes a carrier () having an end wall () and flexpins () cantilevered from the end wall and extended into the planet pinions. Each flexpin at its end remote from the end wall carries a sleeve () that extends back over the flexpin where it is spaced from the flexpin. The planet pinion for the flexpin rotates around the sleeve on a bearing (). The arrangement is such that the flexpin will flex adjacent to the carrier end wall circumferentially along the pitch circle of the carrier in one direction and circumferentially in the opposite direction adjacent to attachment of the sleeve. But the helical gear imparts a couple to the planet pinion that seeks to tilt the sleeve radially toward or away from the main axis of the system. A deflection inhibitor (I) lies between each flexpin and the sleeve surrounding it to prevent the radial deflection.

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North Canton, OH, United States of America

Randy P Kruse