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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiromi Sumi, Saitama, JP;
Toru Iizuka, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/522 ; F16H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 7/522 ; F16H 1/00 ;
Abstract
A torque transmitting device having a rotating shaft and a gear connected to the shaft. The gear transmits the torque between the rotating shaft and the gear. A splined portion and a centering inner circumferential surface portion formed in the inner periphery of the gear are engaged with the splined portion and the centering outer circumferential surface portion formed on the outer periphery of the rotating shaft. This arrangement minimizes noise due to gear runout, and reduces wear in the gear.