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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
John Cornell, Allenton, MI (US);
Fabian Gadau, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark Michael Madin, Canton, MI (US);
Richard Karl Werth, Milan, MI (US);
Joy Hines Forsmark, Saint Clair Shores, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 55/14 (2006.01); F16H 55/17 (2006.01); F16H 55/06 (2006.01); F16H 57/00 (2012.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 55/14 (2013.01); F16H 55/06 (2013.01); F16H 55/17 (2013.01); F16H 57/0006 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02);
Abstract
Gear devices and methods for operating gear devices are provided. In one example, a gear device is provided that comprises structures designed to attenuate targeted vibrations occurring during rotation of the gear device. The structures includes radially aligned struts extending between an inner carrier and an outer carrier, a plurality of openings arranged between the struts, and/or resonators extending between sequential struts.