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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Cnh America, Llc, New Holland, PA (US);
Inventors:
Edmund R. Henkel, Naperville, IL (US);
Randolph J. Pope, Racine, WI (US);
Scott Spencer, Franksville, WI (US);
Assignee:
CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/023 (2012.01); F16H 1/28 (2006.01); F16H 57/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 57/023 (2013.01); F16H 1/28 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0056 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0062 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49465 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53913 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for assembly of a planetary gear drive, wherein the gear drive includes a ring gear, a sun gear, and a plurality of planet gears engaged with the ring gear and sun gear. The method includes mounting the planet gears within a carrier, with the planet gears freely rotatable relative to the carrier. A gear alignment tool is inserted through a bore in a front face of the carrier and is used to index the planet gears into an aligned rotational position for proper subsequent engagement with the ring gear and sun gear.