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US3153353A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Gear drive assembly

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-11-24
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Granted: 1964-10-20
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Expires: 1979-11-24
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Voigt Rudolf

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 23:16
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H33/00; F16H33/02; F16H33/04; F16H33/08; F16H33/10; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/12; Y10T74/1218

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 260 words
IN A GEAR DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES, HAVING A DRIVING SHAFT, AN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, A MAIN FRONT DRIVEN SHAFT, A SECOND REAR DRIVEN SHAFT, AND MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID DRIVEN SHAFTS FOR ROTATION AT THE SAME RELATIVE SPEED; IN COMBINATION WITH A GYROSCOPIC CONVERTER COMPRISING A BEVEL WHEEL CONNECTED TO SAID INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, ANOTHER BEVEL WHEEL CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND DRIVEN SHAFT, TWO PIVOTS COAXIAL WITH SAID BEVEL WHEELS AND CONNECTED WITH SAID INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AND SAID SECOND SHAFT, RESPECTIVELY, A FRAME HOUSING COAXIALLY ROTATABLY CARRIED BY SAID PIVOTS, TWO PINIONS MESHING WITH SAID BEVEL WHEELS AND ADAPTED TO EXERT VARIABLE SIDE PRESSURE THEREON, TWO SYMMETRICAL AXLE-END PIVOTS SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME HOUSING AND CARRYING SAID PINIONS, AND TWO SEPARATE BALANCE WEIGHTS CARRIED BY SAID AXLE-END PIVOTS, SAID PINIONS KINETICALLY GYROSCOPICALLY CONNECTING IN A COMMON GRAVITY CENTER SAID INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AND THE SECONDARY DRIVEN SHAFT, WHEREBY SAID BALANCE WEIGHTS ARE ANGULARLY ROTATABLE ALONG WITH SAID SHAFTS AND WHEREBY SAID PINIONS ROTATE OR SWING RELATIVELY TO SAID BEVEL WHEELS, WHEN SPEED DIFFERENCES ARISE; AND A PLANETARY GEAR DRIVE COMPRISING TWO GEAR WHEELS, A PLURALITY OF ROTARY PLANETARY PINIONS MESHING WITH SAID GEAR WHEELS, AND A ROTARY SUPPORTING MEMBER CARRYING SAID PINIONS; A DRIVE COMPRISING MEANS PROVIDING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN ONE OF SAID TWO GEAR WHEELS AND ONE OF SAID THREE SHAFTS, MEANS PROVIDING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OTHER ONE OF SAID TWO GEAR WHEELS AND ANOTHER ONE OF SAID THREE SHAFTS AND MEANS PROVIDING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID ROTARY SUPPORTING MEMBER AND A THIRD ONE OF SAID THREE SHAFTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 260 words
IN A GEAR DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES, HAVING A DRIVING SHAFT, AN INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, A MAIN FRONT DRIVEN SHAFT, A SECOND REAR DRIVEN SHAFT, AND MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID DRIVEN SHAFTS FOR ROTATION AT THE SAME RELATIVE SPEED; IN COMBINATION WITH A GYROSCOPIC CONVERTER COMPRISING A BEVEL WHEEL CONNECTED TO SAID INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, ANOTHER BEVEL WHEEL CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND DRIVEN SHAFT, TWO PIVOTS COAXIAL WITH SAID BEVEL WHEELS AND CONNECTED WITH SAID INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AND SAID SECOND SHAFT, RESPECTIVELY, A FRAME HOUSING COAXIALLY ROTATABLY CARRIED BY SAID PIVOTS, TWO PINIONS MESHING WITH SAID BEVEL WHEELS AND ADAPTED TO EXERT VARIABLE SIDE PRESSURE THEREON, TWO SYMMETRICAL AXLE-END PIVOTS SUPPORTED BY SAID FRAME HOUSING AND CARRYING SAID PINIONS, AND TWO SEPARATE BALANCE WEIGHTS CARRIED BY SAID AXLE-END PIVOTS, SAID PINIONS KINETICALLY GYROSCOPICALLY CONNECTING IN A COMMON GRAVITY CENTER SAID INTERMEDIATE SHAFT AND THE SECONDARY DRIVEN SHAFT, WHEREBY SAID BALANCE WEIGHTS ARE ANGULARLY ROTATABLE ALONG WITH SAID SHAFTS AND WHEREBY SAID PINIONS ROTATE OR SWING RELATIVELY TO SAID BEVEL WHEELS, WHEN SPEED DIFFERENCES ARISE; AND A PLANETARY GEAR DRIVE COMPRISING TWO GEAR WHEELS, A PLURALITY OF ROTARY PLANETARY PINIONS MESHING WITH SAID GEAR WHEELS, AND A ROTARY SUPPORTING MEMBER CARRYING SAID PINIONS; A DRIVE COMPRISING MEANS PROVIDING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN ONE OF SAID TWO GEAR WHEELS AND ONE OF SAID THREE SHAFTS, MEANS PROVIDING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OTHER ONE OF SAID TWO GEAR WHEELS AND ANOTHER ONE OF SAID THREE SHAFTS AND MEANS PROVIDING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID ROTARY SUPPORTING MEMBER AND A THIRD ONE OF SAID THREE SHAFTS.

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