Patent ID: 9453573
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: F16H

Claim Text:
1. A continuously variable transmission (CVT) assembly comprising: a driving pulley rotatable about a driving pulley axis; a driven pulley rotatable about a driven pulley axis disposed parallel to the driving pulley axis; an endless belt operatively connecting the driving pulley with the driven pulley, the belt defining a belt reference plane, the driving pulley axis and the driven pulley axis passing through the belt reference plane; a housing enclosing a space, the driving pulley, the driven pulley, and the belt being disposed at least in part in the space; a driven pulley inlet defined in the housing and disposed on a first side of the belt reference plane, the driven pulley inlet being disposed closer to the driven pulley than to the driving pulley, the driven pulley axis passing through the driven pulley inlet, the driven pulley inlet being configured to direct air from outside the housing into the space toward the driven pulley; and a driven pulley outlet defined in the housing and disposed on a second side of the belt reference plane, the driven pulley outlet being disposed closer to the driven pulley than the driving pulley, air flowing from the space to the outside of the housing via the driven pulley outlet.