Patent ID: 8771116
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
1. A vehicle transmission having continuously variable transmission ratios, said transmission comprising: a first conical disk pair disposed on a first shaft and a second conical disk pair disposed on a second shaft, a belt means disposed between and interconnecting the conical disk pairs, an input shaft and an intermediate shaft, wherein the input shaft and the intermediate shaft are coaxially arranged for rotation about respective coaxial axes of rotation, an intermediate gear is rotatably supported on the intermediate shaft and is engageable with a gear that is non-rotatably carried by the first shaft, an output gear is rotatably supported on the intermediate shaft and is axially spaced along the intermediate shaft from the intermediate gear, a connecting gear is non-rotatably disposed on the intermediate shaft, a first torque transmission device is disposed between the input shaft and the intermediate shaft, a second torque transmission device is disposed between the input shaft and the intermediate gear, a third torque transmission device is disposed between the intermediate gear and the output gear, and a fourth torque transmission device is disposed between the intermediate shaft and the output gear, wherein each of the torque transmission devices is disposed coaxially with the axis of rotation of the intermediate shaft, and wherein at least one of the torque transmission devices is a freewheel.