Patent ID: 7827878
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bevel gear mechanism having one or more gear mechanism stages, comprising: a gear mechanism housing that surrounds the gear mechanism stages; a motor cage, wherein said motor cage is adapted to be connected to an electric motor; a spacer flange, wherein said motor cage is connected to said gear mechanism housing via said spacer flange; a flanged bushing, wherein a drive side shaft of a bevel gear mechanism stage is supported in said flanged bushing, further wherein said spacer flange and a drive side end wall of said gear mechanism housing are provided with a common bore that extends around said flanged bushing, and wherein said flanged bushing has a cylindrical outer surface that is adapted to center said gear mechanism housing, said spacer flange and said flanged bushing; and screws that interconnect said flanged bushing, said spacer flange and said drive side end wall of said gear mechanism housing, wherein said spacer flange is provided with a central bearing plate that extends around said flanged bushing, and wherein a thickness of said bearing plate is greater than a thickness of said drive side end wall of said gear mechanism housing and is greater than a thickness of said spacer flange beyond said bearing plate.