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GEARSET [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

That part of a planetary gearset upon which the planet gears are affixed.

OBS

The planet gears are free to turn on hardened pins set into the carrier.

OBS

planet carrier; planet pinion carrier: terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engrenages et roues de friction
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Pièce du train épicycloïdal sur laquelle reposent les satellites tournant fous et fixés par des axes.

CONT

Les satellites gravitent autour du planétaire, entraînant avec eux le porte-satellites à une vitesse inférieure à celle de la couronne.

OBS

porte-satellites : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transmission Systems (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
DEF

A gearset comprised of a sun gear, a ring gear, and several planet gears.

CONT

A planetary gear train is a mechanism consisting of an assembly of meshed gears: the sun gear, the planet carrier, and the ring gear. The automatic transmission in an automobile uses the planetary gear train to transmit power from the engine to the wheels at various controllable speeds and torques. The transmission of power is varied by locking one or the other of the three gears.

OBS

planetary gearset; planetary gears; planetary gear system : terms officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee(New Brunswick).

Key term(s)
  • planetary gear set

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
DEF

Ensemble d'engrenages comportant : une roue centrale ou planétaire, des pignons intermédiaires ou satellites montés sur un porte-satellites, une couronne à denture intérieure.

OBS

train épicycloïdal; train planétaire : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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