Gear unit

US8973458B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8973458-B2
Application numberUS-201013260517-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateMar 11, 2010
Priority dateMar 25, 2009
Publication dateMar 10, 2015
Grant dateMar 10, 2015

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Abstract

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A gear unit having at least one shaft supported by a bearing in the gear unit housing, the spatial region of a bearing of a shaft situated in a cutout of the gear unit housing being limited at least partially towards the interior of the gear unit by a limiting device, in particular one that has a cutout for a shaft supported in the bearing, the lowest point of the cutout effecting a minimum oil level in the spatial region of the bearing.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A gear unit, comprising: more than one shaft each supported by a respective bearing in a gear unit housing; wherein a spatial region of each of the more than one shaft bearings are situated in a cutout of the gear unit housing is limited at least partially with respect to an interior of the gear unit by a limiting device that has a cutout for each of the more than one shaft supported in the respective bearings, a lowest point of the respective cutout…

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What does patent US8973458B2 cover?
A gear unit having at least one shaft supported by a bearing in the gear unit housing, the spatial region of a bearing of a shaft situated in a cutout of the gear unit housing being limited at least partially towards the interior of the gear unit by a limiting device, in particular one that has a cutout for a shaft supported in the bearing, the lowest point of the cutout effecting a mini…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Strauβ Dietmar, Schütterle Ingo, Sew Eurodrive Gmbh & Co
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification F16H57/0447. Mapped technology areas include Mechanical Engineering.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 10 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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