Patent ID: 9746060
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F16H

Claim:
1. An infinitely variable transmission powered by a power source of a vehicle, the transmission having three operating modes, comprising: an input shaft; an output shaft spaced from the input shaft; a toroidal variator coupled between the input shaft and output shaft; an input coupler configured to selectively transfer power from the power source to the toroidal variator; a planetary gearset disposed adjacent to the toroidal variator; and a first clutch assembly, a second clutch assembly, and a third clutch assembly, each of the first clutch assembly, second clutch assembly, and third clutch assembly being disposable in an engaged position or a disengaged position; wherein only the first clutch assembly is disposed in its engaged position in a first mode, only the second clutch assembly is disposed in its engaged position in a second mode, and only the third clutch assembly is disposed in its engaged position in a third mode, wherein each of the first clutch assembly, the second clutch assembly, and the third clutch assembly are operatively connected between the input shaft and the output shaft; wherein in the first mode, i) the transmission is operable in a reverse, a gear neutral, and a first forward mode, ii) only the first clutch assembly is in its engaged position, and iii) the second and third clutch assemblies are in their disengaged positions.