Automotive dictionary (encyklopedia)
Dictionary of terms and abbreviations for cars (automobiles), motorcycles (bikes),
bicycles, boats, engines, machines, machining and car fixing.
Epicyclic gearbox
A form of gear used by Benz in which small
pinions revolve around a central or
sun gear and mesh with an outer
ring gear called the annulus. Type used in the
Ford Model T. Also called
planetary gearset "planetary transmission" and "sun-and-planet gears."