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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Fairfield Manufacturing Company, Inc., Lafayette, IN (US);
Inventors:
Scott Martin, Battle Ground, IN (US);
Yichen Li, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Matthew Richards, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/28 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01); F16H 57/08 (2006.01); F16H 1/46 (2006.01); F16H 57/04 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 17/046 (2013.01); F16H 1/46 (2013.01); F16H 57/041 (2013.01); F16H 57/0486 (2013.01); F16H 57/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A planetary wheel drive uses a thrust washer residing between a cover and a thrust plate to absorb axial loads. The thrust washer is has a slip fit to the cover. The surface area of the thrust washer engaging the cover is larger than the surface area of the thrust washer engaging the thrust washer.