Patent · US Expired

Variable ratio drive transmission

US5189927A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 17, 1991
Grant dateMar 2, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 17, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/2181
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A continuously variable drive transmission which includes journals and counterweights which are simultaneously displaced in opposite radial directions by operation of a cam keyed to a rotatable operating shaft extending axially through a crankshaft to vary the eccentricities of each connecting rod big-end and thus vary the throw of the crankshaft.

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