Nonlubricated formed gearing

• US 3,304,795 A
• Filed: 02/28/1966
• Issued: 02/21/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William S. Rouverol
• Original Assignee: William S. Rouverol
• Inventors: Rouverol, William S.
• Application Number:
  US04/534,578
• Time in Patent Office: 358 Days
• US Class Current: 74/411
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 55/06 Use of materials; Use of treatments of toothed members or worms to affect their intrinsic material properties coatings for lubrication F16H57/041; producing gear wheels from plastics or substances in a plastic state B29D15/00; heat treatment C21D9/32; electrolytic surface treatment C25D; heating by electromagnetic field H05B6/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16H 55/14 Construction providing resilience or vibration-damping F16H55/06 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19633 Yieldability in gear trains
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19907 Sound deadening
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19921 Separate rim
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19967 Yieldable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/19972 form

Claims

2. A GEAR CONSTRUCTION THAT INCLUDES A PAIR OF MATING GEARS EACH PROVIDED WITH A POWER TRANSMITTING RIM, THE RIM OF EACH OF SAID GEARS COMPRISING A TOOTHED RING OF YIELDABLE MATERIAL AND A BACKING RING OF YIELDABLE MATERIAL ON THE SIDE OF SAID TOOTHED RING OPPOSITE THE MATING GEAR, SAID RIM PROVIDING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS RIGIDITY IN A RADIAL DIRECTION THAN IN A TANGENTAL DIRECTION.