Transmission system with device for regulating the gear change curve
AssigneePiaggio & C. S.P.A.
InventorsWalter Mariotti, Paolo Nesti
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AssigneePiaggio & C. S.P.A.
InventorsWalter Mariotti, Paolo Nesti
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A continuously variable transmission system for a motorcycle includes a first drive sheave (12) operated by a transmission half-shaft (14) and a second driven sheave, connected by a V-belt. The drive sheave (12) has a first half-sheave (16) and a second half-sheave (18) substantially conical, sliding axially aligned, joined in rotation. The first half sheave (16) is fitted internally with a speed regulator composed of centrifugal masses (20) which move to cause the axial shift in the direction of extension of the transmission half-shaft (14), of the first half-sheave (16) relative to the corresponding second half-sheave (18). A device (10) for regulating the gear change curve is provided with an electromechanical actuator to cause selective intervention of a determined group of centrifugal masses (20) to vary, for the same number of revs of the engine, the centrifugal force needed to achieve the axial shift of the first half-sheave (16).
Continuously variable transmission system for a motor cycle, comprising a first drive sheave driven by a transmission half-shaft and a second driven sheave, said first drive sheave and said second driven sheave being connected to each other by a V-belt, wherein at least the first drive sheave includes a first half-sheave and a second half-sheave, substantially conical, sliding on a same axis and joined in rotation, said first half sheave being fitted internally with a speed regulator including a plurality of centrifugal masses the movement of which is able to cause an axial shift, in the direction of extension of the transmission half-shaft, of said first half-sheave in relation to the corresponding second half-sheave, a device for regulating the gear change curve provided with electromechanical actuating means for causing selective intervention of a determined group of said plurality of centrifugal masses, said determined group comprising less than all of said plurality of centrifugal masses, in such a way as to vary, for a same number of engine revolutions, centrifugal force needed to achieve the axial shift of said first half-sheave in relation to the corresponding second half-sheave.
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