Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transmission with a torsion spring and method for operating a transmission
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Application No.: US15744893Application Date: 2016-07-11
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Publication No.: US10605321B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Martin Weilenmann
- Applicant: Martin Weilenmann
- Agency: Fleit Intellectual Property Law
- Agent Paul D. Bianco; Gary S. Winer
- Priority: CH1059/15 20150721
- International Application: PCT/EP2016/066433 WO 20160711
- International Announcement: WO2017/012902 WO 20170126
- Main IPC: F16F1/14
- IPC: F16F1/14 ; F16H33/02 ; F16H33/08

Abstract:
A mechatronic transmission for transmitting a torque from the drive shaft that can be supported axially on a shaft to an output shaft, the rotational speeds of which can have an arbitrary and variable ratio (stepless transmission). The transmission includes a coupling gear and a torsion spring, with the coupling gear rotatably mounted on the same shaft and connected to the output shaft by the torsion spring, and having a first coupling for producing and cancelling a rotationally fixed, planar, force-fitting first coupling between the drive shaft and the coupling gear. The transmission comprises a supporting device which is rotatable having a fixed transmission ratio of 1:X relative to the output shaft, where X can be any real number between approximately −10 and 1, and a second coupling for producing and cancelling a rotationally fixed, force-fitting second coupling between the supporting device and the coupling gear.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180209503A1 TRANSMISSION WITH A TORSION SPRING AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TRANSMISSION Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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