Modular transmission unit

US6045478A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Rolf Ziegler · Simmerath, DE
• Dieter Theodor Ebert · Icking, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 1998
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2000
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T74/2186
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention refers to a transmission unit comprising a transmission input, a transmission output, at least one first main transmission stage and a second main transmission stage connected in series therewith, and a housing encompassing said first and second main transmission stages in common, at least said first main transmission stage being defined by a gear/shaft carrier provided with at least one shaft and at least two gears, and the thus defined first main transmission stage being replaceably inserted in a reception bore of the housing as a modular unit.