US 12,345,319 B2
Crown wheel gear
Harald Krieg, Aalen (DE)
Assigned to LEWA GMBH, Leonberg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/686,135
Filed by LEWA GMBH, Leonberg (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/072187
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 1, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/025579, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202021104559.0 (DE), filed on Aug. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0109785 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. F16H 57/022 (2012.01); F16H 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16H 57/022 (2013.01) [F16H 1/12 (2013.01); F16H 2057/0222 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A crown wheel gear (1), comprising
a housing (2);
a pinion shaft (3) rotatably mounted relative to the housing (2);
a pinion (4) connected to the pinion shaft (3);
a crown wheel shaft (5) rotatably mounted relative to the housing (2); and
a crown wheel (6) connected to the crown wheel shaft (5);
wherein the pinion (4) and the crown wheel (6) are in toothed engagement (7) with one another, and wherein the crown wheel shaft (5) has a crown wheel shaft axis (8);
the crown wheel (6) and the crown wheel shaft (5) being arranged rotatably but fixed in position relative to the housing (2), and the pinion (4) being displaceable relative to the crown wheel (6) in order to adjust a pivoting flank play between the crown wheel (6) and the pinion (4);
wherein the pinion (4) is displaceable parallel to the crown wheel shaft axis (8), wherein the pinion shaft (3) is rotatably mounted in a flange (13) and the flange (13) is arranged displaceably in relation to the housing (2), and wherein at least one longitudinal fit arranged parallel to the crown wheel shaft axis (8) is arranged between the housing (2) and the flange (13) in order to align the pinion shaft (3).