Patent ID: 7214160

Claim:
A guide washer assembly ( 1 ) of a planet carrier for a planetary transmission, the guide washer assembly ( 1 ) comprising: first and second guide washers ( 2 , 3 ) interconnected and arranged parallel to each other by a plurality first connecting elements, each of the plurality of first connecting elements being a deformation in a first one of the first and the second guide washers ( 2 , 3 ) and each deformation having one of a vaulted and tapered geometry with an internal cavity continuous with a corresponding connecting element aperture in the first one of the first and the second guide washers and a free end extending away from the first one of the first and the second guide washers ( 2 , 3 , a second one of the first and the second guide washers ( 2 , 3 ) having a plurality of mating receiving apertures ( 10 ) which receive corresponding free ends of the first plurality of connecting elements ( 4 , 5 , 6 ) and connect the first and the second guide washers ( 2 , 3 ) with one another, and the first and the second guide washers including three pairs of opposed apertures located between adjacent pairs of the connecting elements, a supporting axle extends between each of the pair of opposed apertures in the first and the second guide washers, and each supporting axle carries a rotatable planetary gear.