Patent ID: 9194479
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: F16C,F16H

Abstract:
1. A gear assembly, comprising: a pin having an outer surface section with a rolling surface section over which a gear wheel is positioned, the pin having a shoulder delimiting a first axial end of the rolling surface section and oriented perpendicular to an axial axis of the pin; the gear wheel being positioned adjacently to the shoulder without another component, aside from a possible clearance, of the gear assembly disposed therebetween such that the shoulder is configured to axially guide the gear wheel, a rolling element assembly disposed between the rolling surface section and the gear wheel, the rolling element assembly including a cage, wherein the outer surface section further contains a groove, which is formed in order to accommodate a retaining ring located therein, the retaining ring delimiting a second axial end of the rolling surface section, and the groove is disposed with respect to the rolling surface section so as to make possible a guiding directly, or indirectly via the retaining ring, of the rolling-element assembly on the rolling surface section along an axial direction of the pin, and a thrust washer disposed on a side of the retaining ring opposite from the gear wheel, wherein the cage of the rolling element assembly can abut against the thrust washer, the cage can abut against the shoulder of the pin, wherein the thrust washer axially guides the gear wheel.