Continuously variable transmission mounting assembly
US9016420B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 18, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB62M27/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A snowmobile has a frame with an engine compartment and a tunnel, a front suspension, at least one ski, an engine, a bracket having a first portion joined to the engine and a second portion having an aperture defined therein, an output shaft, a countershaft passing through the aperture, a motion decoupler disposed around the countershaft and being supported by the second portion of the bracket, the countershaft being rotationally supported in the motion decoupler, a driving pulley disposed on the output shaft, a driven pulley disposed on the countershaft, a drive belt looped around the driving and driven pulleys, and an endless drive track. The driving pulley, the driven pulley and the drive belt together form a continuously variable transmission.
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