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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2014
Applicant:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Elias Brassitos, Boston, MA (US);

Brian Weinberg, San Diego, CA (US);

Qingchao Kong, Revere, MA (US);

Constantinos Mavroidis, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/28 (2006.01); F16H 57/02 (2012.01); F16H 1/46 (2006.01); H02K 21/22 (2006.01); H02K 7/116 (2006.01); F16H 57/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/28 (2013.01); F16H 1/46 (2013.01); F16H 57/02004 (2013.01); H02K 7/116 (2013.01); H02K 21/22 (2013.01); F16H 2001/2872 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0087 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, systems and methods are described for a gear contact system configured to support radial, thrust, and moment loads, the system comprising a first gear comprising a first roller having a first roller bearing surface, the first roller bearing surface having a convex curvature defined by a first radius of curvature; and a second gear comprising a second roller having a second roller bearing surface, the second roller bearing surface having a concave curvature defined by a second radius of curvature.


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