Patent ID: 9689481
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: F16H

Claim:
1. A continuously variable transmission for a motor vehicle comprising: a transmission input member interconnected to an engine; a transmission output member; a continuously variable unit having a first pulley pair, a second pulley pair, and a chain wrapped around the first pulley pair and the second pulley pair; a planetary gear set having a first member, a second member, and a third member, wherein the first member is connected to the first pulley pair and the third member is connected to the transmission input member; a clutch selectively engageable to connect the first member of the planetary gear set with the transmission input member; a band brake selectively engageable to connect the second member with a stationary member, the band brake having a drum and a band wrapped around the drum, wherein the drum surrounds the planetary gear set and the clutch; and a first bearing and a second bearing disposed on axially opposite sides of the planetary gear set and the clutch.