Patents
US 9416866 B2: Vertical gear motor planetary gear lubrication system
- Granted
- 2016-08-16
- Filed
- 2014-07-17 application 14333703
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A planetary gear train is lubricated via a distribution ring and a planet gear carrier oil supply passage in communication with the distribution ring. The gear train includes a sun pinion that engages a planet gear at a sun planet gear mesh. The planet gear is rotatably mounted to a planet gear carrier. The planet gear carrier is configured to drive an output shaft. The output shaft may be operatively connected to a load. The planet gear rotates within a ring gear at a planet gear ring mesh. The distribution ring surrounds a planet gear carrier and has a hollow interior that communicates with an oil supply. A planet gear carrier oil supply passage may extend through a planet gear carrier of the gear train and supply oil to a sun planet gear mesh and the planet ring gear mesh, and bearings of the planetary gear train.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg160816.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldor Electric Company 43 patents | US company or organization | Barling, AR | BALDOR ELECTRIC CO SEC filer FUZZY low confidence: same name (legal endings aside), one of each nationally | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael E. Konruff | Simpsonville, SC | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Chuong Nguyen | Simpsonville, SC | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16H | Gearing | F16H57/0431 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-06 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ABB SCHWEIZ AG signed 2022-03-08 ABB ASEA BROWN BOVERI LTD signed 2022-03-08 ABB MOTORS AND MECHANICAL INC. signed 2022-03-22 RBC BEARINGS INCORPORATED signed 2022-03-16 | DODGE INDUSTRIAL, INC. OXFORD, CT | 59859/375 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-11-10 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | DODGE ACQUISITION CO. signed 2021-11-01 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT DENVER, CO | 58099/286 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-11-02 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ABB SCHWEIZ AG signed 2021-11-01 ABB MOTORS AND MECHANICAL INC. signed 2021-11-01 ABB ASEA BROWN BOVERI LTD signed 2021-11-01 | DODGE ACQUISITION CO. OXFORD, CT | 58001/201 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2021-09-20 | Name change Change of name | BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY signed 2018-02-26 | ABB MOTORS AND MECHANICAL INC. FORT SMITH, AR | 58388/629 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-09-20 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | ABB MOTORS AND MECHANICAL INC. signed 2021-09-17 | ABB SCHWEIZ AG BADEN | 57532/502 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-07-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | KONRUFF, MICHAEL E. signed 2014-07-09 NGUYEN, CHUONG signed 2014-07-09 | BALDOR ELECTRIC COMPANY FORT SMITH, AR | 33332/287 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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