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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2024
Applicant:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/08 (2006.01); F16H 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/08 (2013.01); F16H 1/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A self-locking epicyclic gear train that includes a pinion with at least one helical gear tooth, a ring gear with a plurality of helical gear teeth and a plurality of planet gears between the pinion and the ring gear. Each planet gear comprises a plurality of helical gear teeth that engage the teeth of the ring gear and of the pinion. The helical gear teeth have a helix angle of less than 20° and the pinion is always in contact with at least one tooth of each planet gear.