Patent ID: 6202507
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A housing for a gear reducer, the housing comprising:first and second identical housing halves, each housing half including an interior portion for receiving a plurality of bearing sets and rotating assemblies, the interior portion being surrounded by a rear wall portion and a peripheral wall, the rear wall of each housing half including a first and second bearing support structures disposed along a centerline of the housing half, and third and fourth bearing support structures disposed at mirror-image locations offset from the centerline, the first and second housing halves being configured to be secured to one another to enclose an interior volume, whereby when the housing halves are secured to one another the first support structures are coaxial, the second support structures are coaxial, the third bearing support structure of the first housing half is coaxial with the fourth bearing support structure of the second housing half, and the fourth bearing support structure of the first housing half is coaxial with the third bearing support structure of the second housing half.