Input driven gear for a differential

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10024413-B2
Application number	US-201514678259-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2015
Priority date	Apr 3, 2015
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments herein relate to piece-part, sub-assembly, assembly, and component levels of a differential composed of a sun gear configuration and utilized in an integrated drive generator. An integrated drive generator is a hydro-mechanical transmission that drives a synchronous salient pole generator. The integrated drive generator is a constant speed output, variable speed input transmission that includes the differential and a hydraulic unit. In general, the integrated drive generator utilizes the variable speed input from an accessory gear box of an engine to drive or control a hydraulic unit, which in turn drives or controls a churn leg member of the differential. As the differential is driven, speeds of each speed member of the differential are then summed to generate the constant speed output to drive the synchronous salient pole generator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An input driven gear for an integrated drive generator, comprising:
a gear body having an outer diametric wall, an inner diametric wall, a plurality of fastening holes, and a fastening structure aligned with the plurality of fastening holes,
wherein the outer diametric wall includes a plurality of outer gear teeth,
wherein at least one of the plurality of outer gear teeth has a carbonized side.

2. The input driven gear of claim 1 , wherein a number of the plurality of outer gear teeth 112 .

3. The input driven gear of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the input driven gear is 5.4 inches.

4. The input driven gear of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the inner diametric wall is 1.35 inches.

5. The input driven gear of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fastening holes numbers three,
wherein the fastening structure comprises three legs,
where each leg of the three legs aligns with one of the plurality of fastening holes.

6. The input driven gear of claim 1 , wherein an input driven gear is included in a differential of the integrated drive generator,
wherein the differential is operatively coupled to an input system via the input drive gear fixed to a carrier shaft, and
wherein the differential is operatively coupled to a generator via an output driven gear fixed to the carrier shaft.

7. The input driven gear of claim 1 , wherein the input driven gear is included in a differential of the integrated drive generator,
wherein the differential is in-line with a hydraulic unit of the integrated drive generator, and
wherein the hydraulic unit comprises at least one pump.

8. The input driven gear of claim 1 , comprising:
an inner diametric edge,
wherein a surface connects the inner diametric wall with the inner diametric edge.

9. The input driven gear of claim 8 , wherein the surface is angled at 30 degrees.

10. The input driven gear of claim 8 , wherein the inner diametric edge is a part of the inner diametric wall.

11. The input driven gear of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of fastening holes comprises of a first portion at a first diameter and a second portion at a second diameter,
wherein the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter.

12. The input driven gear of claim 11 , wherein a height of the second portion is 0.1 inches.

13. The input driven gear of claim 11 , wherein the first diameter is 0.2 inches.

14. The input driven gear of claim 11 , wherein the second diameter is 0.5 inches.

Assignees

• Hamilton Sundstrand Corp

Inventors

• Lemmers Jr Glenn C
• Finke Aaron M
• Smith Doren C
• Grosskopf Andrew P
• Behling David S

Classifications

• F16H55/06

  Use of materials; Use of treatments of toothed members or worms to affect their intrinsic material properties · CPC title

• F16H48/06

  with gears having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H55/17 Primary

  Toothed wheels (worm wheels F16H55/22; chain wheels F16H55/30) · CPC title

• F16H47/04

  the mechanical gearing being of the type with members having orbital motion · CPC title

• F16H47/00

  Combinations of mechanical gearing with fluid clutches or fluid gearing · CPC title