Gear system for achieving infinitely variable transmission and method employed thereof

Abstract

A gear system for achieving an infinitely variable transmission comprising an input shaft for receiving rotational input into the transmission system and output shaft for delivering rotational output from the transmission system, a flywheel component for applying resistive forces of inertia into the transmission wherein the flywheel stores and stabilizes rotational energy in the transmission system, a high gear reduction mechanism achieved by assembly of one or more epicyclic gears wherein the flywheel accelerates with increasing difference of angular velocity between the input shaft and the output shaft, wherein the high gear reduction mechanism is based on the equation. (a)Z=(n+a)R−(n)X, where Z is angular velocity of flywheel, X is angular velocity of input shaft and R is angular velocity of output shaft, n & a are integer constants where a<<n or a<n. The gear ratios vary from 0 to 1, wherein another gear can be meshed with the output shaft to achieve overdrive gear ratios.

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