Variable-speed driving device
US4846768A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02B2275/06
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A variable-speed driving device particularly adapted for an automotive internal combustion engine and associated AC generator. The device includes a driver shaft, such as the crankshaft, a constant-speed-ratio driven shaft, a variable-speed-ratio driven shaft, such as the AC generator shaft, two driver pulleys of different diameters mounted on the driver shaft, a single constant-speed-ratio driven pulley mounted on the constant-speed-ratio driven shaft, and two speed-changing pulleys mounted on the variable-speed-ratio driven shaft. One driving belt is trained over a drive pulley, single constant-speed-ratio driven pulley, and one pulley and an additional belt is trained around the second drive pulley, the second speed-changing pulley, and, if desired, over another constant-speed-ratio pulley on another shaft. There is a changeover mechanism for selectively coupling the speed-changing pulleys to the variable-speed-ratio driven shaft at the desired speed ratio depending on the speed of the driver shaft.
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