Patent ID: 8621952
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A gear for transmitting mechanical power comprising; a hub having an outer periphery and defining sockets about said outer periphery, each of said sockets extending radially from said outer periphery into said hub and each terminating in a socket end, each of said sockets including a throat narrower circumferentially than said socket end, a gear tooth disposed in each of said sockets and extending radially outward from each of said sockets and said throat thereof, and each of said teeth including a resilient material adjacent said throat for compressing and allowing movement of said tooth relative to said outer periphery of said hub; wherein said resilient material of each of said teeth and each of said sockets define at least one gap therebetween; wherein each of said gear teeth has a proximal end disposed in said sockets and being circumferentially wider than said throat; wherein each of said teeth extend radially outward from each of said sockets and said throat thereof to a top land surface; wherein each of said teeth diverge from adjacent said throat toward said top land surface; wherein each of said sockets diverge from said throat to said periphery to a lesser degree than said diverging teeth to define a pair of said gaps on each side circumferentially of each of said teeth from said throat to said outer periphery.