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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2006
Tomohiro Inagaki, Nishio, JP;
Takuya Komatsu, Nishio, JP;
Katsutoshi Shimizu, Nukata, JP;
Satoru Wakuta, Nagoya, JP;
Junji Matsushita, Anjo, JP;
Kazutoshi Motoike, Okazaki, JP;
Masatoshi Adachi, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Kinya Yoshii, Toyota, JP;
Tomohiro Inagaki, Nishio, JP;
Takuya Komatsu, Nishio, JP;
Katsutoshi Shimizu, Nukata, JP;
Satoru Wakuta, Nagoya, JP;
Junji Matsushita, Anjo, JP;
Kazutoshi Motoike, Okazaki, JP;
Masatoshi Adachi, Nishikamo-gun, JP;
Kinya Yoshii, Toyota, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A planetary gear train includes a carrier having a first side plate, a second side plate disposed in parallel to the first side plate and pinions rotatably supported by the first and second side plates; and a ring member secured to an outer edge of the second side plate. The first side plate has a plurality of first convex portions whose edge portion form an outer edge and a plurality of first concave portions formed between adjacent first convex portions. The second side plate has a plurality of second convex portions whose edge portion form an outer edge and whose width in a peripheral direction is wider than the first convex portion, and a plurality of carrier bridges axially extended from a part between the plurality of second convex portions to the plurality of first concave portions and secured to the first concave portion.