Abstract:
The invention relates to a conical pulley flexible drive transmission having a shaft on the pinion end and a shaft on the power take-off end. Said shaft comprises at least one bore extending in the longitudinal direction of the shaft and, starting therefrom, an oblique or cross hole the exit of which is arranged on the peripheral surface in an area that is covered by a moveable pulley irrespective of its axial position.
Abstract:
A pulley (1) for a continuously variable transmission is provided with a fixed half-pulley (10) fitted on a supporting shaft (5) and a mobile half-pulley (11), which is able to slide towards the fixed half-pulley (10) under the thrust of a spring (16), so as to define a V-shaped race (12) of variable amplitude. The pulley (1) is further provided with a device (28) for compensating the axial thrust, said device being constituted by a cam (22) and a com follower (30), which are coupled in contact with one another to impart an additional axial thrust on the mobile half-pulley (11) in response to a torque acting on the pulley (1). The cam (22) is defined by a tubular body (17) made of plastic material co-moulded on the supporting shaft (5), whilst the cam follower (30) is made of a single piece with the mobile half-pulley (11).
Abstract:
The driven pulley (10) comprises a first sheave (12) and a second sheave (40) coaxially mounted around a main shaft. The first sheave (12) is fixed with reference to the main shaft while the other is allowed to slide and rotate with reference to the main shaft. The driven pulley (10) is designed so that a portion of the second sheave (40) can enter inside the first sheave (12). A return spring (80) is also provided inside the driven pulley (10). This driven pulley (10) can be designed as a reversible driven pulley by adding a second set of ramps (36) and followers (70). The driven pulley (10) can be constructed in a very compact manner and consequently, with a smaller weight compared to an equivalent conventional driven pulley.
Abstract:
A continuously variable transmision (CVT) is disclosed. The CVT includes a drive pulley (322) adapted to connect to a crankshaft (12) of an engine. The drive pulley (322) has inner (234) and outer (236) halves with belt engagement surfaces (334, 336) to engage the sides of the belt (332). The drive pulley (322) of the CVT also includes a slide sleeve (364) disposed on the shaft (374) adapted to engage an inner side of a belt (332). The inner (234) and outer (236) halves of teh drive pulley (322) are biased apart from one another by a spring (342). The slide sleeve (364) engages the belt (332) when the belt (332) is stationary or traveling at low speeds. The driven pulley (224) includes inner (328) and outer (330) halves with belt engagement surfaces (338, 340). The two halves (328, 330) are biased into contact with one another. A connector connects the inner (328) half to the outer (330) half. In addition, a pneumatically-actuated driven pulley is described together with a CVT incorporating same.
Abstract:
The invention comprises a continuously variable transmission pulley. The pulley comprises at least one axially movable sheave section which is coaxial with a second sheave section. Each sheave section (31, 32, 33, 34) has a series of radial grooves (29, 30) which are axially and radially aligned. The radial grooves are arranged in pairs between each sheave section. The belt blocks (26) span between the sheave sections, each having opposing arcuate ends that slidingly engaging a pair of grooves. The belt blocks are arranged circumferentially about an axial sheave centerline. Each belt block also has a surface for receiving a multi-ribbed belt (20). At least one elastic member (24, 25) encircles the belt blocks so as to control their relative positions, keeping them in contact with the sheave grooves as the pulley rotates. As the movable sheave is moved axially, each belt block moves radially within its respective grooves so as to increase or decrease the effective diameter of the pulley.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an axial drive for converting a rotational movement into an axial movement. The spring spindle (10) substantially comprises a component (13) with a helical spring (12) rotationally fixed thereto and a component with engaging means (27) which engage radially into the interior of the helical spring (12), said engaging means being configured as a set of studs (32) which are distributed around the periphery. The studs (32a, 32b) make axial contact with the spring band by means of an anti-friction bearing (31) which is positioned on the studs, with one respective set of studs (32a) being used for the pushing direction and one set of studs (32b) for the pulling direction. Each set of studs (32a, 32b) can be adjusted along the spring band (29) in a thread-type manner, so that the spring band is supported without play at each peripheral section. In a preferred embodiment, the sets of studs (32a, 32b) are axially offset in relation to one another at a distance corresponding to the width of the spring band. One longitudinal end of the studs is attached in the component (11) and the other end is attached to a flange (27a) which is connected to the component (11) in a fixed manner using struts (not shown in detail).
Abstract:
Disclosed herewith is an automatic speed change pulley. The automatic speed change pulley includes a sleeve situated to be concentric with a drive shaft. A plurality of pulley segments are situated to be concentric with the drive shaft and to be spaced apart from the sleeve by a constant distance. The pulley segments transmit the power of the drive shaft to a driven shaft through a power transmitting member. Control means allows the outer diameter formed by the pulley segments to be radially inwardly reduced when an overload is exerted on the pulley segments, and restores the pulley segments to radially outwardly original positions when the overload is eliminated.
Abstract:
A pulley mounted at the output of a drive shaft is used in a variable-speed belt drive (11) in which pairs of generally cylindrical toothed flyweights (35) engage toothed racks (37, 39) in order to vary the winding diameter of said pulley (1, 3) by varying the centrifugal force. A V-belt (11) is placed around said pulley. As a result of using said pulley, a more accurate adjustment of the diameter may be achieved, maximum engine power may be maintained under conditions of severe loading, and the response time of the diameter varying system may be reduced in the case of an abrupt load change.
Abstract:
A Flexible Ramp for a Cone Assembly that uses a Torque Transmitting Member; said Cone Assembly uses a Transmission Belt that has its teeth shaped below its belt. Said Flexible Ramp can ideally raise a Leveling Extension of said Torque Transmitting Member or a Non-Torque Transmitting Member from a base surface of a Cone of said Cone Assembly to a raised surface of said Cone, for all pitch diameters of said Cone Assembly. When said Leveling Extension is positioned on a raised surface, it can support the teeth of said Transmission Belt; even-though the teeth of said Torque Transmitting Member have tooth bases, and said Non-Torque Transmitting Member has a base surface for the teeth of said Transmission Belt; since the thickness of said tooth bases and said base surface can be compensated by the height of the raised surface on which said Leveling Extension is positioned.