公开(公告)号：US20220018422A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US17375550

申请日：2021-07-14

Applicant: James Leslie Kalkstein

Inventor： James Leslie Kalkstein

IPC: F16H9/10 ,  F16H55/54

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission including an input pulley having a first subassembly supported upon a first rotatably driven shaft and an output pulley having a second subassembly supported upon a second rotatable shaft. Each subassembly includes a plurality of left link elements extending from segmented pulley segments to a first shaft supported rotating element, along with a plurality of right link elements extending from the segmented pulley segments to a second shaft supported rotated element for positioning the segmented pulley segments in an outwardly circumferentially arrayed fashion about each of the first and second shafts. Axial displacement of a first and second pairs of said first and second shaft supporting elements in each of the input and output pulley subassemblies inversely varying a collective diameter formed by said arrangements of segmented pulley segments in order to maintain a constant circumference of a belt supported about the segmented pulley segments for each of the input and output pulleys.

公开(公告)号：US11371592B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-28

申请号：US17375550

申请日：2021-07-14

Applicant: James Leslie Kalkstein

Inventor： James Leslie Kalkstein

IPC: F16H9/10 ,  F16H55/54

Abstract: A continuously variable transmission including an input pulley having a first subassembly supported upon a first rotatably driven shaft and an output pulley having a second subassembly supported upon a second rotatable shaft. Each subassembly includes a plurality of left link elements extending from segmented pulley segments to a first shaft supported rotating element, along with a plurality of right link elements extending from the segmented pulley segments to a second shaft supported rotated element for positioning the segmented pulley segments in an outwardly circumferentially arrayed fashion about each of the first and second shafts. Axial displacement of a first and second pairs of said first and second shaft supporting elements in each of the input and output pulley subassemblies inversely varying a collective diameter formed by said arrangements of segmented pulley segments in order to maintain a constant circumference of a belt supported about the segmented pulley segments for each of the input and output pulleys.