Patent ID: 7384367

Claim:
Planet carrier for a gearbox, comprising: a flange part comprising a radially extending first ring-shaped disk, which is provided with a receptacle formed by an axial offset, and an axially extending cup-shaped projection extending from an inner edge of the receptacle, a step-like cup body comprising a first sleeve section and a second sleeve section of smaller and larger diameter, respectively, wherein the sleeve sections are connected to each other at one of each of their ends by a radially extending second ring-shaped disk, so that they are offset axially relative to each other, and an angled ring-shaped projection located at an outer end of the first sleeve section, wherein an outer diameter of the first sleeve section is adapted to an inner diameter of the receptacle of the flange part, wherein the cup body engages at a projection-side end in the radial receptacle of the flange part and is partially overlapped by the receptacle in an axial direction, whereby the ring-shaped projection contacts the receptacle of the flange part in the axial direction, and with a ring-shaped weld connection between the ring-shaped projection and the receptacle, as well as recesses for planet gears located in the first sleeve section, wherein the planet gears are guided inwards through the recesses in the sleeve section and engage in a sun gear.