Patent ID: 9114799
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: B60T,B60W,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A brake system for a vehicle equipped with a continuously variable belt transmission (“CVT”) having a CVT input shaft and a CVT output shaft, wherein the CVT functions as a clutch-disengagement action for isolating rotation of the CVT output shaft from rotation of the CVT input shaft when a rotary speed of the CVT input shaft is reduced to a certain level, wherein the vehicle is equipped with a prime mover driving the CVT input shaft so that an output rotary speed of the prime mover defines the rotary speed of the CVT input shaft, wherein the vehicle is equipped with an accelerator manipulator for controlling the output rotary speed of the prime mover, and wherein the brake system is configured to cause a resistance against the, rotation, of the CVT output shaft according to an operation of the accelerator manipulator to reduce the output rotary speed of the prime mover so as to make the CVT function as the clutch-disengagement action.