Patent ID: 9290266
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B64C,F16H

Claim Text:
1. A speed control assembly, comprising: an input drive shaft coupled to a first gear subassembly comprising a rotatable gear; a second gear subassembly coupled to an output drive shaft; and a linkage coupling the first gear subassembly to the second gear subassembly, wherein the input drive shaft, the first gear subassembly, the second-gear subassembly, and the linkage are configured such that a rotational speed of the rotatable gear adjusts a ratio of a speed of the output drive shaft to a speed of the input drive shaft; and wherein the second gear subassembly comprises a second epicyclic gear subassembly comprising a sun gear coupled to the output drive shaft, one or more planet gears, and a fixed ring gear.