Divided Toothed Wheel
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Abstract
A divided toothed wheel is provided having two toothed wheel halves in tension in relation to each other, the wheel occupies only a minimum amount of space from the axial direction and the two halves are permanently connected together by a securing element designed as an elastically shapeable annular ring disk. The first toothed wheel half includes a hollow cylindrical collar, to which the second toothed wheel half is secured by the annular ring disk. The annular ring disk includes slots distributed over the periphery and extending radially outwards from a central opening forming spring tongues between the slots. The free ends of the spring tongues have edges that sit on the outer circumference of a component arranged in the central opening, in a form-fitting manner, as the spring tongues spring back after the annular ring disk has pressed against the second toothed wheel half.
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20 Claims
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1-10. -10. (canceled)
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11. A divided toothed wheel, comprising:
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a first toothed wheel half; and a second toothed wheel half, the first and second toothed wheel halves being braced against each other, wherein the first toothed wheel half comprises a hollow cylindrical collar, to which the second toothed wheel half is attached by a fastening element, wherein the fastening element is an elastically deformable circular ring disk, wherein the circular ring disk comprises slots extending radially outwards starting from a central opening and are distributed over a periphery so that flexible tongues are formed between the slots, and wherein free ends of the flexible tongues have edges supported in a positive locking manner against an outer periphery of a component disposed in the central opening when the flexible tongues have sprung back after the circular ring disk is pressed against the second toothed wheel half. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for assembling a divided toothed wheel with a first toothed wheel half and a second toothed wheel half, the first and second toothed wheel halves being braced against each other, wherein the first toothed wheel half comprises a hollow cylindrical collar and the second toothed wheel half is pushed onto the collar, wherein the second toothed wheel half is attached to the collar a fastening element, the method comprising:
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a) using an elastically deformable circular ring disk is as the fastening element, the elastically deformable circular ring disk comprising slots extending radially outwards starting from a central opening and are distributed over the periphery so that flexible tongues are formed between the slots, wherein a free ends of the flexible tongues have edges supported in a positive locking manner against an outer periphery of a component disposed in the central opening when the flexible tongues have sprung back after the circular ring disk has been pressed against the second toothed wheel half; b) firstly, pushing the second toothed wheel half is onto the collar of the first toothed wheel half; c) secondly, pushing the circular ring disk onto the component and against the second toothed wheel half, compressing the flexible tongues; d) thirdly, removing the load from the circular ring disk, wherein the flexible tongues spring back and are supported, by their edges, in a positive locking manner against the outer periphery of the component.
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