Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Continuously variable transmission
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Application No.: US14195483Application Date: 2014-03-03
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Publication No.: US09279482B2Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: Jon M Nichols , Gregory G Stevenson , Brad P Pohl , Fernand A Thomassy , Charles B Lohr , Jeremy Carter , John W Sherrill , Brian B Sweet
- 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 ; F16H15/50 ; B62M11/16 ; F16H15/28 ; F16H61/664 ; F16H63/06

Abstract:
Inventive embodiments are directed to components, subassemblies, systems, and/or methods for continuously variable transmissions (CVT). In one embodiment, a control system is adapted to facilitate a change in the ratio of a CVT. In another embodiment, a control system includes a stator plate configured to have a plurality of radially offset slots. Various inventive traction planet assemblies and stator plates can be used to facilitate shifting the ratio of a CVT. In some embodiments, the traction planet assemblies include planet axles configured to cooperate with the stator plate. In one embodiment, the stator plate is configured to rotate and apply a skew condition to each of the planet axles. In some embodiments, a stator driver is operably coupled to the stator plate. Embodiments of a traction sun are adapted to cooperate with other components of the CVT to support operation and/or functionality of the CVT. Among other things, shift control interfaces for a CVT are disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140179479A1 CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION Public/Granted day:2014-06-26
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