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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Max Neal Jensen, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 35/00 (2006.01); F16H 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16H 49/001 (2013.01); F16H 2049/003 (2013.01); F16H 2049/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A harmonic drive apparatus (also known as a strain wave gear) is constructed with a circular, flexible spline disc having a slightly conical configuration. The flexible saline disc has opposite convex and concave surfaces with a plurality of radial, flexible gear teeth arranged circumferentially on the convex surface. The flexible spline disc enables the harmonic drive apparatus to provide a thinner or more compact packing when needed for unique space requirements of a speed reduction transmission.