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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/01 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/01 (2013.01); F16H 2057/012 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric power train includes an electric drive, an electric motor driven by the electric drive, and a meshing pair of a drive gear and a driven gear. The drive gear is coupled to the electric motor and the driven gear is coupled to a mechanical load. The backlash of the meshing pair of the drive gear and the driven gear is measured and estimated based on a time until a contact of teeth of the rotating drive gear and the driven gear during a startup of the electric motor. Wear of the meshing pair of the drive gear and the driven gear based on a change in the measured backlash over time during the operation of the electric power train.