CPC F16H 55/06 (2013.01) [B29C 70/84 (2013.01); F16H 57/0025 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01); B29L 2015/003 (2013.01); F16H 2055/065 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A composite hybrid gear assembly comprising:
a gear hub formed from a composite material, the gear hub comprising a shaft region having an axially symmetrical external profile and a hub web region having a flared profile extending from the shaft region;
a gear head assembly comprising a head web region and a teeth region, the gear head assembly fixed to the gear hub, where the head web region of the gear head assembly is fixed to a surface of the hub web region of the gear hub contiguous with an internal surface of the shaft region; and
a first sleeve fixed to an external surface of the shaft region of the gear hub;
where the first sleeve and the gear head assembly are formed from a metallic material.
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