US 12,442,419 B2
Gear module with a securing ring
Marián Cintula, Myjava (SK)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Appl. No. 18/568,339
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 8, 2022, PCT No. PCT/DE2022/100430
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/268255, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021116051.0 (DE), filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0280142 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. F16C 35/063 (2006.01); F16C 19/36 (2006.01); F16H 1/24 (2006.01); F16H 57/021 (2012.01)
CPC F16C 35/063 (2013.01) [F16C 19/364 (2013.01); F16H 1/24 (2013.01); F16H 57/021 (2013.01); F16C 2226/74 (2013.01); F16C 2361/61 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gear module for a transmission, the gear module comprising:
at least one gear arranged on a rotatably mounted shaft;
a rolling bearing for rotatable mounting of the shaft, the rolling bearing is plugged onto on an end-face bearing seat section of the shaft; and
a securing ring arranged in a circumferential groove of the shaft near an end face of the shaft in order to axially secure an installation position of the rolling bearing on the shaft, the securing ring has on one side an installation edge oriented radially inwards, starting from an axial central section, for engaging in the circumferential groove of the shaft, and on an other side has a deformation edge that extends radially outwards in an installed state for engaging behind the rolling bearing that is plugged onto the shaft;
wherein the securing ring has a two-leg profile in cross-section, and is made from a formed sheet metal strip material and has a separating slot for elastic diameter adjustment.