Patent ID: 9551401
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: F16H

Claim:
1. A continuously variable transmission (CVT) comprising an input arrangement associated with an input shaft and an output arrangement associated with an output shaft, the CVT comprising: an input sprocket; an output sprocket connected to the input sprocket via a chain meshed with the input and output sprockets such that rotation of the input sprocket causes rotation of the output sprocket; an input cone member connected to the input shaft, disposed within a central opening of the input sprocket, and frictionally engaging an inner periphery of the input sprocket such that rotation of the input cone causes the input sprocket to rotate; and an output cone member connected to the output shaft, disposed within a central opening of the output sprocket, and frictionally engaging an inner periphery of the output sprocket such that rotation of the output sprocket causes rotation of the output cone member.