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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Paweł Chmielewski, Brzezia Łaka, PL;
Łukasz Turek, Wrocław, PL;
Jonathan Darby, Newcastle, GB;
Marcin Cis, Lutynia, PL;
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A strain wave drive includes an elliptical wave generator shaft rotatable about an axis (X), a flexible flex spline mounted around the wave generator shaft and a ring gear assembly mounted around the flex spline. The ring gear assembly includes an output ring gear having a circular inner periphery and is sandwiched between two earth ring gears each having a circular inner periphery. The flex spline has a first number of radially outwardly extending teeth around its outer periphery and each earth ring gear has the first number of radially inwardly extending teeth to engage with the teeth of the flex spline.