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US 12,109,880 B2Granted
Gear multiplying apparatus
OwnerXiao Dong Zhu, Yixin Liuinventors
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Abstract
A gearbox apparatus includes a number of gears selectable by a user to drive a drive shaft, the number being greater than the number of gears physically connected to the drive shaft of the gearbox. The apparatus can be controlled remotely by a wireless signal emitting or receiving device, which includes a smart phone, desktop computer, a signal tower, and the like.
Claims39
A remote-controlled apparatus for multiplying gears, the apparatus comprising:
- an input shaft;
- a responding shaft;
- a drive shaft, the shafts being selectively rotatable about respective shaft axes;
- first and second input gear wheels connected to the input shaft for axial rotation therewith;
- a first controlling gear set having two or more first controlling gear wheels mounted on the responding shaft for axial rotation therewith, one of the two or more first controlling gear wheels being selectively connected to one of the first and second input gear wheels so as to axially rotate the responding shaft;
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- a second controlling gear set having two or more second controlling gear wheels mounted on the drive shaft for axial rotation therewith, the two or more second controlling gear wheels each being connected to the two or more first controlling gear wheels so as to axially rotate the drive shaft;
- wherein the total number of available gear speeds is equal to the number of the controlling gear wheels of the first controlling gear set multiplied by the number of the controlling gear wheels of the second controlling gear set.
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A remote-controlled gear selection and multiplication network for a vehicle, the network comprising:
- a remote controller;
- an input shaft;
- a responding shaft;
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- a drive shaft, each in communication with each other for rotatable movement about their respective axes;
- a set of input gear wheels;
- first, second and third sets of controlling gear wheels, the set of input gear wheels, the sets of controlling gear wheels, and the shafts being interconnected such that:
- in response to a first signal received from the remote controller, one of the gear wheels of the set of the input gear wheels connects to one of the controlling gear wheels of the first set of controlling gear wheels to selectively connect to the responding shaft and one of the controlling gear wheels of the first set of controlling gear wheels connects to one of the controlling gear wheels of the second set of controlling gear wheels thereby axially rotating the drive shaft;
- wherein the total number of available gear speeds is equal to the number of the controlling gear wheels of the first controlling gear set multiplied by the number of the controlling gear wheels of the second controlling gear set.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.