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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2008
Rick T. Lasko, Homer Glen, IL (US);
Daniel J. Reed, Brimfield, IL (US);
Timothy F. Nusz, Wyoming, IL (US);
Christopher P. Braet, Peoria, IL (US);
Keith A. Kabrick, Springfield, IL (US);
John D. Zeirke, Decatur, IL (US);
Rick T. Lasko, Homer Glen, IL (US);
Daniel J. Reed, Brimfield, IL (US);
Timothy F. Nusz, Wyoming, IL (US);
Christopher P. Braet, Peoria, IL (US);
Keith A. Kabrick, Springfield, IL (US);
John D. Zeirke, Decatur, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL (US);
Abstract
A gear train assembly includes a planetary gear set partially submerged in an oil bath and having a plurality of planetary gears mounted on a rotatable carrier. A plurality of sheaths having a hydrodynamic profile are mounted on the carrier to reduce the churning and turbulence created by the planetary gears as they enter the oil bath.