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US 2006/0223667 A1Published application
Traction drive type continuously varible transmission
AssigneeNtn Corporation
InventorTsugito Nakazeki
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Abstract
A traction drive type continuously variable transmission, comprising a first input/output shaft (6) rotatably supported on a casing (10), a second input/output shaft (7) rotatably supported on the casing (10), a V-pulley (4) supported on the first input/output shaft (6) and having a pair of pulley members forming a V-groove with variable grove width, a ring (3) engaged with the V-pulley (4) and supported at the outer periphery thereof, and a mechanism for moving the ring (3) to the periphery of the second input/output shaft (7).
Claims32
A traction drive type continuously variable transmission characterized by comprising
- a first input/output shaft rotatably supported by a casing,
- a second input/output shaft rotatably supported by the casing,
- a V-pulley consisting of a pair of pulley members supported by the first input/output shaft and forming a V-shaped groove whose groove width is variable,
- a ring engaging the V-pulley and supported at the outer periphery, and
- a mechanism for moving the ring around the second input/output shaft.
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