Abstract:
A gear made of a resin including a cylindrical toothed portion formed at a radially outer location, a shaft-supporting section formed at a radially inner location around the rotational center of the toothed portion, and a thin plate-shaped web connecting the shaft-supporting section and the toothed portion to each other, wherein the web has a circumferential rib concentric with the toothed portion inside the toothed portion, and a plurality of diametrical ribs diametrically connecting the circumferential rib and the shaft-supporting section to each other along the side of the web, each of the diametrical ribs being formed by a first diametrical rib portion extending obliquely in a direction opposite from a normal rotational direction from the outer periphery of the shaft-supporting section, and a second diametrical rib portion extending obliquely in a direction opposite from an opposite rotational direction from the outer periphery of the shaft-supporting section.
Abstract:
A gear made of a resin including substantially annular toothed portion formed at a radially outer location, a shaft-supporting section formed at a radially inner location around a rotational center of the toothed portion, and a web connecting the shaft-supporting section and the toothed portion to each other. A circumferential rib is formed on the web concentrically with the toothed portion, and diametrical ribs are also formed on the web radiately to connect the circumferential rib and the shaft-supporting section to each other in a radial direction.
Abstract:
A steering pinion (1) manufactured with finished toothing by cold or hot forming in the form of a one-piece coupling linkage between steering shaft (6) and rack (4) of a steering mechanism on a motor vehicle, wherein the steering pinion (1) is provided with a cylindrical toothed portion (3) having helical toothing on its outside and with a collinearly adjoining cylindrical journal portion, whose diameter is larger than that of the toothed portion and whose end portion contains a driver recess for connection of the steering shaft (6). A transition region between the root circle of the helical toothing and the journal portion (2) comprises at least two conical portions, namely a radially outer conical portion having a first cone angle (α1) (die angle), which is disposed between the tip diameter at the toothing end of the helical toothing and the journal portion (2), and a radially inner conical portion having a second cone angle (α2) (entrance angle) , which is disposed between the tip diameter at the toothing end and the root circle of the helical toothing.
Abstract:
A bevel gear 1 has a radius of curvature R of a fillet curve provided between a tooth flank A and a bottom land B gradually increasing from a small-diameter end D1 to a large-diameter end D2.
Abstract:
A driving force transmission device includes a rim having a toothed outer periphery, with bottom lands being formed between respectively adjacent teeth and top lands being formed at teeth crests. Outer ribs are disposed at positions on an inner peripheral surface of the rim corresponding to the bottom lands, whereby there is neither variance in angle speed nor uneven rotation of a member driven by the transmission device. Moreover, the outer ribs are radially offset from inner ribs, whereby tensile forces generated between the outer and inner ribs and caused by material shrinkage cancel each other out and defective molding of teeth crests can be minimized. Accordingly, the radius of an imaginary circle formed by joining the top lands is uniform in a circumferential direction.
Abstract:
A toothed gear includes an outer toothed rim 1, a hub 3 and a profiled bridge area 2 connecting the toothed rim 1 and the hub 3 as one piece. The bridge area 2 is connected to the toothed rim and the hub in different planes. The bridge area consists of uniformly spaced, spoke-like bridges 2, which are uniformly distributed over the circumference. The bridges are arranged in an alternating manner on both sides of a center plane extending through the toothed gear.
Abstract:
A hollow rack shaft is produced by forming a plate work piece and has continuous metal flow along the contour of rack teeth surface without being cut. A series of wave-like concave-convex sections is formed on the inner surface of the shaft. Thickness of tooth body and tooth bottom of the rack teeth is adjusted by dimensions of the unevenness. Thereby, stress concentration at each point of the rack shaft is prevented and the shaft is strengthend and lightweightized.
Abstract:
A method for designing root area geometry of a straight bevel gear providing reduced stress concentration and increased tooth strength. Also, a method for making a forging die for manufacturing gears having improved tooth root geometry. The method includes the steps of designing the straight bevel gear having improved root area geometry, designing an electrode for an electric discharge machining using CAD/CAM device, manufacturing the electrode, and manufacturing the forging die employing the electric discharge machining process.
Abstract:
Helical or spur gear drive comprising a driven gear and driving gear wherein the driving gear has double crowned teeth defined as (i) an envelope to a family of surfaces generated by a skew or straight rack-cutter having a parabolic tooth profile in normal section and then (ii) as an envelope to a family of tool surfaces that are generated while the tool performs a plunging motion with respect to the driving gear in the direction of the shortest distance between the axes of rotation of the tool and the driving gear and tool plunging motion is varied by a parabolic function, whose variable is displacement of the tool in a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the driving gear. The driven gear has a tooth surface defined as the envelope to a family of surfaces generated by a rack-cutter which surface is parabolic cylinder or a plane. The generated pinion/gear tooth surfaces are in theoretical point contact at every instant and they produce a preselected parabolic function of transmission errors in the process of meshing. The pinion/gear exhibit reduced vibration and noise, reduced shift of bearing contact caused by misalignment, and reduced contact stresses due to convex-concave contact of tooth surfaces.
Abstract:
A method for the manufacture of a machine part with external toothing from a circular sheet metal blank. According to this method the blank is fixed between a tool and a tail stock. Subsequently the circumferential edge of the circular sheet metal blank is bent by a first metal working roll towards the side of the tool by an angle of more than 180.degree. to form a curl. This curl is radially flattened with a second metal working roll. Subsequently the flattened curl is pressed against the tool with a gear cutting roll and shaped to form an external tooth system.