The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
May. 22, 2009
Noriyuki Fujii, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, BE;
Makoto Nishiji, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, BE;
Noriyuki Fujii, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, BE;
Makoto Nishiji, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, BE;
JTEKT Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
A planetary carrier, formed of a cylindrical body, that receives a drive torque from a drive power source and differentially distributes the drive torque to a pair of output shafts, the planetary carrier including a gear holding portion that rotatably holds a planetary gear having two large and small gear portions, of which pitch circle diameters differ from each other. The gear holding portion has a first supporting surface that slidably supports tooth tip surfaces of the gear portion, of which the pitch circle diameter is larger, on a portion except on the radially inner side with respect to the carrier, and a second supporting surface that slidably supports tooth tip surfaces of the gear portion, of which the pitch circle diameter is smaller, on a portion except on the radially outer side with respect to the carrier.