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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2010
Takeshi Torii, Anjo, JP;
Chihiro Onishi, Anjo, JP;
Takahiro Miyazawa, Kariya, JP;
Aisin AW Co., Ltd., Anjo, JP;
Abstract
A lubricating structure for a speed change mechanism, which includes a planetary gear that supports a pinion gear, the pinion gear revolving around a sun gear while rotating, by a carrier via a pinion shaft. The lubricating structure configured with an oil receiver integrally attached to the carrier, and having a collecting portion for collecting oil, which is scattered from an inner diameter side, on a side opposite to the pinion gear with respect to a side plate of the carrier, and a guide portion for guiding the oil collected by the collecting portion. Furthermore, the guide portion extends through the side plate of the carrier, and has an opening on an inner diameter side of a center of the pinion shaft to supply the oil to a tooth surface of the pinion gear.