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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Gmbh & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventor:
Franz Kurth, Nuremberg, DE;
Assignee:
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/46 (2006.01); F16H 57/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 1/46 (2013.01);
Abstract
A compound planetary gear unit comprising a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a planet carrier for both planetary gear sets together, a first sun gear and a second sun gear as well as comprising a first ring gear and a second ring gear, wherein the first planetary gear set is formed by first planetary gears, which are carried by the planet carrier at a radial distance from a central axis of the compound planetary gear unit in such a way that each of said first planetary gears can be rotated about its own first axis of rotation.