| US 7,530,281 B2 | ||
| Gear set for differential gear shafts of an internal combustion engine | ||
| Helmut Kratochwill, Steyr (Austria); Walter Reisinger, Schwertberg (Austria); Reinhard Ratzberger, Steyr (Austria); and Guenter Bachner, Steyr (Austria) | ||
| Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 29, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/926,595. | ||
| Application 11/926595 is a continuation of application No. 09/715043, filed on Nov. 20, 2000, abandoned. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 199 55 474 (DE), filed on Nov. 18, 1999. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0053259 A1, Mar. 06, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16H 55/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 74—409 [74/401] | 7 Claims |
| 1. Gear set for differential shafts of an internal combustion engine comprising:
at least one first toothed wheel which is rotatable around an axle fixed to a housing and meshing with a second toothed wheel
which is movable parallel to its rotation axis during assembly;
wherein a spacer is formed of spring tabs forming a comb strip and is arranged removably between tooth faces of the meshing
toothed wheels to adjust the backlash;
wherein by means of the second toothed wheel which can be advanced with a predetermined force to the first toothed wheel,
the spacer is arranged without play between corresponding tooth faces of the toothed wheels.
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