Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Press-fit tone wheel for a speed-sensing apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 用于速度传感装置的压配音轮
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Application No.: US14683530Application Date: 2015-04-10
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Publication No.: US09594090B2Publication Date: 2017-03-14
- Inventor: Bradley Ronald Heuver , Brandon David Lint , Peter Schultz
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent James Dottavio
- Main IPC: F16H3/44
- IPC: F16H3/44 ; G01P3/44 ; F16H57/08

Abstract:
A planetary gearset is provided in a transmission for a vehicle. The planetary gearset includes a carrier that rotates about the axis. Tone wheels can be used as part of a speed-sensing mechanism in which the tone wheel includes surface features on an outside surface, and a speed sensor senses the surface features as they rotate about the axis and past the speed sensor. The tone wheel is connected to the carrier via a press-fit or interference-fit. To do so, the tone wheel includes legs or flanges that extend inward from an inner surface of the tone wheel. The legs or flanges flex as the tone wheel is pressed onto the carrier. The legs or flanges securely attach the tone wheel to the carrier.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160299169A1 PRESS-FIT TONE WHEEL FOR A SPEED-SENSING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-10-13
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