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Face gear having a notched positioning groove on the circumference

US5913939A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 30, 1997
Grant dateJun 22, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/19963
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A bevel gear in which the sizing can be easily effected without degrading the quality of the gear. In a sintered or forged gear having a toothed portion (1) formed on an axial end face thereof, a notched groove (4) is formed in and across an outer circumferential surface of the gear in an axial direction. The construction of the notched groove (4) is specified so that its quality is kept.

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