Patent ID: 6543305
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
A gear train apparatus comprising:a gear comprising a plurality of teeth; and a cone disposed in contact with said gear, said cone comprising a plurality of conic teeth and a plurality of scaling teeth, and wherein a first plurality of spaces are disposed between said conic teeth and a second plurality of spaces are disposed between said scaling teeth; wherein said conic teeth are arranged about said cone to form a plurality of conic rings disposed about a plurality of nascention circles of said cone and are dimensioned to mate with said teeth of said gear such that said conic teeth neutralize a change in surface speed of said cone along said conic teeth; and wherein said scaling teeth form at least one acceleration channel and at least one deceleration channel extending from each of said conic rings and intercepting an adjacent conic ring, each of said at least one acceleration channel and said at least one deceleration channel being disposed along a nascention offset line between nascention circles of adjacent conic rings.