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A strain wave gear system (10) includes first and second sets of ball bearings (80, 82) located intermediate a flange (84) and a retainer plate (88) rotatable with an output (54) and a radially oriented flat disc (74) of the input including strain relief (76). Strain relief (76) is a helical slot in

A strain wave gear system (10) includes first and second sets of ball bearings (80, 82) located intermediate a flange (84) and a retainer plate (88) rotatable with an output (54) and a radially oriented flat disc (74) of the input including strain relief (76). Strain relief (76) is a helical slot in a coupling (70) located radially within the wave generator (94) and the ring gear (22). The ring gear (22) is sealed by a sealing system including sealant (42) forced by a protrusion (34) of the cap (24) entering into a cavity (36) through a channel (40) into a relief volume (38) of the housing (12). The bearing (48) rotatably mounting the housing (12) to the output (54) is lubricated by a lubricating system including plungers (110) threadably received in axial bores (102) intersecting with radial bores (104) in communication with radial holes (47) of the bearing (48).

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1. Strain wave gearing system comprising, in combination: an input including a hub having a strain relief and a radially extending disc having first and second axially spaced faces; a ring gear; a wave generator of a non-circular shape and connected to and rotatable with the input; an output; a flex

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Strain wave gearing system comprising, in combination: an input including a hub having a strain relief and a radially extending disc having first and second axially spaced faces; a ring gear; a wave generator of a non-circular shape and connected to and rotatable with the input; an output; a flexspline connected to and rotatable with the output, with the flexspline in gearing engagement with the ring gear and located intermediate the ring gear and the wave generator, with the wave generator and the ring gear arranged concentrically to the hub, with the strain relief and the hub located radially within the flexspline, the wave generator, and the ring gear; first and second radially extending and axially spaced races connected to the output; a first bearing located intermediate the first face and the first race; a second bearing located intermediate the second face and the second race; a housing having an outer periphery, a first axial end and an axially extending inner surface extending axially from the first axial end; a cap having a first axial end and an axially extending annular inner surface extending axially from the first end of the cap, with the first axial ends of the housing and the cap abutting, with the axially extending annular inner surfaces located at a same radial distance, with the ring gear abutting with and overlapping the axially extending annular inner surfaces; a protrusion having a volume and formed on the first axial end at an interconnection of the axially extending annular inner surface of one of the cap and the housing; a cavity having a volume formed on the first axial end of an interconnection of the axially extending annular inner surface of another of the cap and the housing, with the volume of the cavity being greater than the volume of the protrusion; a relief volume formed in the first axial end of the other of the cap and the housing spaced from the axially extending annular surface and the cavity; a communication channel interconnecting the cavity and the relief volume; sealant filled in the cavity and displaced into the relief volume through the communication channel by the protrusion located in the cavity; a third bearing rotatably mounting the output relative to the housing; a bore extending from the outer periphery of the housing to the third bearing; a plunger slideably received in the bore in a controlled manner; and grease filled in the bore and located intermediate the plunger and the third bearing, with sliding the plunger inward in the bore forcing an amount of grease into the third bearing. 2. The strain wave gear system as recited in claim 1, wherein the plunger is threadably received in the bore. 3. The strain wave gear system as recited in claim 1, wherein the bore includes a radial bore extending from the periphery of the housing to the third bearing, an axial bore extending from the periphery of the housing to the radial bore, a plug located in the radial bore intermediate the periphery of the housing and the axial bore, and a radial hole formed in the third bearing in communication with the radial bore. 4. The strain wave gear system as recited in claim 1, wherein the protrusion has cross sections of a quadrilateral shape having a base on the first axial end of the one of the cap and the housing, a top extending parallel to the base but of a shorter length, a first end extending perpendicularly between the top and the base and generally coextensive with the axially extending annular inner surface of the one of the cap and the housing, and a second end extending between the top and the base. 5. The strain wave gear system as recited in claim 1, wherein the cavity and the relief volume each have cross sections of a right quadrilateral, and wherein the communication channel is formed in the first axial end of the one of the housing and the cap. 6. The strain wave gear system as recited in claim 1, wherein the input is a hub; and wherein the strain relief is a slot in the hub and in a helical shape to compensate for parallel and angular misalignment of the input relative to the output. 7. The strain wave gear system as recited in claim 6, wherein the input further includes a collet fixed intermediate the hub and the radially extending disc, with the wave generator secured to the collet and concentrically to the hub. 8. The strain wave gear system as recited in claim 1, wherein the output includes a radially extending flange including the first race and an annular retainer fixed to the radially extending flange and including the second race, wherein the first and second bearings are first and second sets of ball bearings, with annular grooves formed in the first and second races for containing the first and second sets of ball bearings. 9. The strain wave gear system as recited in claim 8, wherein the output includes a retainer having a spindle, with the radially extending flange fixed to the spindle, with the flexspline including an opening slideably received on the spindle, and a mount having an opening slideably received on the spindle, with the flexspline sandwiched between the mount and the radially extending flange, with the third bearing fixed to the mount.