Patent · US Expired

Bimetallic gear rim

US6023990A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 17, 1997
Grant dateFeb 15, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 17, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/1994
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is multi-segmented fabricated gear rim having two distinct steel layers, an inner layer, and an outer layer from which gear teeth are cut. The inner and outer layers are molecularly bonded to each other, with the inner layer being a high weldability layer and the outer layer being a high hardenability layer.

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