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Speed converter

US5954615A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 27, 1997
Grant dateSep 21, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16H2025/063
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for translating the speed of a drive shaft which is driven at a second speed to the speed of a driven shaft at a second speed, by providing a drive cam, a driven cam, and at least one reciprocating transfer element driven at a constant angular velocity and held in a slotted, fixed retainer, for interacting the two cams, such that the driven cam can be driven at the second speed by the drive cam driven at the first speed.

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