Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Balanced split sun assemblies with integrated differential mechanisms, and variators and drive trains including balanced split sun assemblies
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Application No.: US14928938Application Date: 2015-10-30
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Publication No.: US10400872B2Publication Date: 2019-09-03
- Inventor: Charles B. Lohr
- Applicant: Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Cedar Park
- Assignee: Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC
- Current Assignee: Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Cedar Park
- Agency: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: F16H15/52
- IPC: F16H15/52 ; F16H37/02 ; F16H37/08 ; F16H15/28

Abstract:
A balanced split sun assembly with an integrated differential mechanism allows power to be transferred from a sun assembly to a plurality of ball planets, or allows power to be transferred from a plurality of ball planets to a sun assembly, while minimizing sliding, spin, axial pull, or other unwanted effects on the sun assembly. A differential mechanism, including offset mechanisms, allows torque to be divided between multiple split sun rolling elements. Variations in design of a split sun assembly allow for ease of manufacture, ease of assembly, and ease of adjustment.
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