Patent ID: 8376902

Claim:
An epicyclic gear system comprising: a sun gear located along a main axis and having external helical teeth; a ring gear also located along the main axis and having internal helical teeth; a planet pinion located between the sun and ring gears and having helical teeth, the planet pinion meshing with the sun and ring gears at the helical teeth and rotating about an offset axis that is parallel to the main axis; and a carrier including an end member, a flexpin that is cantilevered from the end member and extends into the planet pinion, a sleeve that is mounted on the flexpin remote from the end member and extends back over the flexpin where it is spaced from the flexpin and is within the planet pinion, and a deflection inhibitor that is located between the sleeve and the flexpin and is offset axially from where the sleeve is mounted on the flexpin to prevent the sleeve from deflecting in a plane generally defined by the main and offset axes, yet to allow the sleeve to displace circumferentially relative to the main axis.