Patent ID: 7059618
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: B62M,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hub for a bicycle having a hub body, rim support, and an automatic fluid transmission; the transmission comprising: a. a cylindrical outer shell having a sprocket as a rotational power input means for said bicycle and having flanges for sealing, and having bearings slip fit within seats to support said transmission at each end of said cylindrical outer shell; b. a stator having means for varying drag as input power varies and further having means for regulating or dampening said drag variation; c. an inner shell having said stator a fixed centrally between said flanges of said outer shell and said stator, d. a sealing means for sealing the area between the stator, outer and inner shell, that once assemble will create a fluid chamber; e. a fluid filling means for filling the fluid in the fluid chamber, wherein said fluid chamber is filled with appropriate fluid having power transfer ability, f. said transmission operatively attached to a freewheel body via said hub body.