Patent ID: 6440035
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: F16H

Abstract:
A continuously variable transmission for motor vehicles, comprising:a transmission shaft; a driving member rotated together with said transmission shaft; a driven member rotatably supported on said transmission shaft; a carrier movable along the axis of said transmission shaft; a support shaft including an axis along a conical generator having its centerline on the axis of said transmission shaft and being supported on said carrier; and a shifting rotating member having conical first and second friction transfer surfaces in frictional contact, respectively, with said driving member and driven member, and rotatably and axially slidably supported on said support shaft, wherein said continuously variable transmission includes a power disconnecting means for releasing at least one of said driving member and said driven member from frictional contact with the first and second friction transfer surfaces by driving at least one of said driving member and said driven member wherein said rotating members will move away from each other along the axis of said transmission shaft.