Patent ID: 9175758
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
1. A variator comprising: a rotatably mounted input disc; an output disc rotatably mounted coaxially with the input disc; a plurality of rollers transmitting rotation between the input disc and the output disc; a plurality of roller carriages, each roller being rotatably mounted on one of the roller carriages, and each roller carriage being supported only by a single pivoting joint whereby each roller carriage is capable of three degrees of rotational movement about the single pivoting joint; a plurality of levers, each connected to the single pivoting joint of a corresponding roller carriage; and a plurality of actuators, each connected to a corresponding lever for applying a reaction force to the corresponding roller carriages via the single pivoting joint, each of the plurality of actuators being mounted on the same side of a plane aligned with and passing through a rotational axis of the input and output discs.