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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2011
Andreas Tully, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Peter Solfrank, Frensdorf, DE;
Werner Hofmann, Effeltrich, DE;
Schaeffler Technologies GmbH & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
An intermediate gear device for a traction drive and/or spur gear drive of an internal combustion engine is provided, having an intermediate gear that has an at least two-track construction with a drive gear and a driven gear, an axle, and a needle bearing by which the intermediate gear is radially mounted on the axle. At least one supporting disk is provided on which the intermediate gear is axially supported, and a duct, that is connectable to the lubricant circuit of the internal combustion engine, to supply lubricant to the needle bearing. The support disk and the axle contact one another at the end faces, the mouth of the lubricant duct that opens toward the needle bearing is formed by one or more recesses on the contact surface of the support disk and/or on the contact surface of the axle.