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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Nishiji, Kumagaya, JP;
Shinichiro Nakajima, Brussels, BE;
Assignee:
Bosch Automotive Systems Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/808 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 4/808 ;
Abstract
A housing ( ) has a planetary gear mechanism ( ) composed of an inner gear ( ), a planetary gear ( ) and a sun gear ( ), which mechanism is disposed within the housing ( ) on its outer periphery side. The inner gear ( ) is connected with a casing ( ) arranged on a rotation axis (L). A spherical receiving portion ( ) is formed on the casing ( ). This receiving portion ( ) is received in the sun gear ( ). A pair of element gears ( ) and a pair of side gears ( ) of the planetary gear mechanism ( ) are received in the receiving portion ( ).