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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Benjamin S. Sheen, Schoolcraft, MI (US);
EATON CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A gear hobbing apparatus for producing a gear from a blank according to one example of the present disclosure can include a hob, a first series of hob teeth and a second series of hob teeth. The hob can have a cylindrical hob body. The first series of hob teeth can extend from the cylindrical hob body and have a first whole depth. The second series of hob teeth can alternately extend from the cylindrical hob body with the first series of hob teeth and have a second whole depth. The first and second whole depths are distinct and configured to create a gear from the blank that has adjacent teeth having distinct outer diameters.