Patent 10054216 was granted and assigned to Caterpillar Inc. on August, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for assembling a carrier subassembly for use with a planetary gear train comprises inserting a gear so that the bore of the gear surrounds the bore of the carrier member, and aligning an assembly guide having a bore by engaging a portion of the assembly guide with an alignment feature of the carrier subassembly such that the bore of the assembly guide is aligned with the bore of the carrier member.