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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
William A Byrd, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
74443 ; 74411 ; 74446 ; 7466 / ; 464 90 ;
Abstract
A compliant gear which includes an inner hub portion, an outer ring gear portion, and a compliant laminate between the hub portion and the ring gear portion. The laminate includes a rigid laminar shim of generally uniform thickness sandwiched between a pair of elastomer layers of generally uniform thickness. The laminar shim and the elastomer layers extend generally parallel to the axis of rotation of the gear.