Machine element or mechanism – Gearing – Teeth
Patent
1994-08-01
1996-01-23
Herrmann, Allan D.
Machine element or mechanism
Gearing
Teeth
298933, F16H 5508
Patent
active
054857619
ABSTRACT:
A new system of modifications for power train gearing, called "differential crowning," has both advantages and disadvantages over the previous system of modifications based on tip and/or root relief. The advantages of differential crowning are three-fold: (1) it affords substantially constant stiffness, so that it is equally effective at all loads; (2) it is adapted to minimize both first and second harmonic excitations, whereas conventional modifications can mitigate only the first harmonic excitation, and that only at one "design load;" and (3), it is as insensitive to manufacturing inaccuracies as conventional gearing is sensitive to them. Differential crowning, however, has two disadvantages in its previously disclosed forms: (1) it is difficult to optimize; and (2), it is more expensive than conventional modifications unless the production runs are very large. The present invention discloses how these two disadvantages can be eliminated by utilizing articulated crowns of appropriate shapes and proportions.
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Technical Paper Titled "Differential Crowning: A New Weapon Against Gear Noise and Dynamic Load"--Appendix A; William S. Rouverol; pp. 1-12 & FIGS. 1-8, Prior Aug. 1, 1994.
Axicon Gear Company
Herrmann Allan D.
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