公开(公告)号：US06776064B2

公开(公告)日：2004-08-17

申请号：US09728244

申请日：2000-12-01

申请人： Thomas J. Bucholz ,  David E. King ,  Thomas A Barrett ,  Sergio Retamero ,  Kevin Patrick Moore

发明人： Thomas J. Bucholz ,  David E. King ,  Thomas A Barrett ,  Sergio Retamero ,  Kevin Patrick Moore

IPC分类号： F16H5712

CPC分类号： F16H1/16 ,  F16H55/22 ,  Y10T74/19565 ,  Y10T74/19623 ,  Y10T74/19828 ,  Y10T74/19953

摘要： A worm/worm gear assembly comprises a worm having teeth defined by at least one thread disposed thereon and a worm gear having teeth protruding from a surface thereof. At least one of the worm and the worm gear is fabricated from a resilient material. The teeth of the worm and the teeth of the worm gear are interengaged and in a compressive relationship with each other to maintain double flank contact therebetween. At low- or no-load conditions, the double flank contact is made at the opposing outer edges of each of the teeth. At moderate-load conditions, the contact extends from the opposing outer edges of each of the teeth toward the center of each of the teeth. A method for delashing a gear system comprises disposing the worm in mechanical communication with the worm gear and loading the worm gear to cause the worm gear to compressively engage the worm.

摘要翻译： 蜗杆/蜗轮组件包括具有由设置在其上的至少一个螺纹限定的齿的蜗杆和具有从其表面突出的齿的蜗轮。 蜗杆和蜗轮中的至少一个由弹性材料制成。 蜗杆的齿和蜗轮的齿相互啮合并且彼此处于压缩关系，以保持它们之间的双面接触。 在低或无负载条件下，在每个齿的相对的外边缘处形成双面接触。 在中等负载条件下，接触件从每个齿的相对的外边缘朝向每个齿的中心延伸。 一种用于脱齿齿轮系统的方法包括将蜗杆设置成与蜗轮机械连通并装载蜗轮以使蜗轮压缩地接合蜗杆。