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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventor:
Shawn M. Green, Alexandria, MN (US);
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/14 (2006.01); F16H 1/16 (2006.01); F16H 1/18 (2006.01); F16H 1/22 (2006.01); F16H 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/222 (2013.01); F16H 1/206 (2013.01); F16H 1/22 (2013.01); Y10T 74/19019 (2015.01);
Abstract
A gear assembly includes an actuation gear and plural separate pinion bodies. The actuation gear has first gear teeth on one or more surfaces of the gear and is configured to rotate around an actuation axis of rotation. The pinion bodies have second gear teeth configured to mesh with the first gear teeth of the actuation gear in plural separate mesh zones of the actuation gear. Each of the plural separate pinion bodies are configured to be rotated about respective pinion axes of rotation to cause rotation of the actuation gear around the actuation axis of rotation.