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Planetary adjuster

US4258589A · kind A · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 1978
Grant dateMar 31, 1981
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Expiry dateSep 21, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F15/065
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A planetary friction drive includes a plurality of balls which are driven about a frusto-conical outer race by an inner driving surface made up of a pair of jaws which are spring biased toward one another into frictional engagement with the balls, and the drive ratio is adjusted by axially moving the inner driving surface relative to the outer race.

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