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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
May. 30, 2024
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Joseph Johnson, Mooresville, NC (US);
Nicholas Hrusch, Wooster, OH (US);
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
A planetary gearbox includes a gearbox housing, a sun gear arranged for receiving an input torque, a ring gear rotationally fixed in the gearbox housing, and a planetary assembly arranged to transmit an output torque. The planetary assembly includes a planetary carrier, sealed to the gearbox housing, a plurality of planetary shafts, a plurality of planetary gears, each arranged on one of the plurality of planetary shafts and drivingly engaged with the sun gear and the ring gear, and a vent arranged in the planetary carrier for equalizing pressure in the planetary gearbox.