planetary gear
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planetary gear set — A central externally toothed sun gear, an internally toothed outer ring gear, and several intermediate planet gears which are evenly spaced and supported by a planet carrier; they are in constant mesh with the sun gear and the internal gear See… … Dictionary of automotive terms
planetary gear differential — A planetary gear set used as a differential with asymmetric torque distribution, as used in 4WD vehicles … Dictionary of automotive terms
planetary gear — noun an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train • Syn: ↑epicyclic gear, ↑planet wheel, ↑planet gear • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear wheel, ↑geared wheel, ↑cogwheel … Useful english dictionary
planetary gear — noun another term for planet gear … English new terms dictionary
planetary gear — A gear used in some starters as an intermediate transmission … Dictionary of automotive terms
planetary gear train — noun an assembly of meshed gears consisting of a central (sun) gear, a coaxial internal gear wheel and one or more intermediate pinions supported on a revolving carrier … Wiktionary
Simpson planetary gear set — It consists of two simple planetary gear sets with a common sun gear and internal gears of different diameter; the planet carrier of one set is fixed to the internal gear of the other set … Dictionary of automotive terms
Ravigneaux planetary gear set — A system which is composed of two sun gears of different diameters, one internal gear, and several planet pinions … Dictionary of automotive terms
gear — Wheel like part with teeth cut into the rim. When one gear meshes with another gear, it causes the second gear to drive the other and in this way transmits power. When the gears are different sizes (different number of teeth on each gear) the… … Dictionary of automotive terms
planetary — /plan i ter ee/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or resembling a planet or the planets. 2. wandering; erratic. 3. terrestrial; global. 4. Mach. noting or pertaining to an epicyclic gear train in which a sun gear is linked to one or more planet gears… … Universalium
