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US20080188345A1 - Continuously variable transmission - Google Patents
US20080188345A1
US20080188345A1 US12/100,305 US10030508A US2008188345A1 US 20080188345 A1 US20080188345 A1 US 20080188345A1 US 10030508 A US10030508 A US 10030508A US 2008188345 A1 US2008188345 A1 US 2008188345A1
US12/100,305
US7727107B2 (en
2004-12-06 Priority to US11/006,409 priority patent/US7217219B2/en
2007-03-30 Priority to US11/694,107 priority patent/US7422541B2/en
2008-04-09 Priority to US12/100,305 priority patent/US7727107B2/en
2008-04-09 Application filed by Fallbrook Technologies Inc filed Critical Fallbrook Technologies Inc
2008-08-07 Publication of US20080188345A1 publication Critical patent/US20080188345A1/en
2010-06-01 Publication of US7727107B2 publication Critical patent/US7727107B2/en
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/694,107, filed Mar. 30, 2007, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/006,409, filed Dec. 6, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,217,219, which is a continuation of U.S. Application No. 10/418,509, filed Apr. 16, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,945,903, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/141,652, filed May 7, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,551,210, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/695,757, filed Oct. 24, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,419,608, which issued Jul. 16, 2002. Each of the above identified applications is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The U.S. application Ser. No. 10/418,509 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application No. 10/016,116, filed on Oct. 30, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. ,676,559, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/823,620, filed Mar. 30, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,322,475, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/133,284, filed Aug. 12, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,241,636, which in turn claims priority to U.S. provisional application No. 60/062,860, filed on Oct. 16, 1997; U.S. provisional application No. 60/056,045, filed on Sep. 2, 1997; U.S. provisional application No. 60/062,620, filed on Oct. 22, 1997 and U.S. provisional application No. 60/070,044 filed on Dec. 30, 1997.
a plurality of spindles, each spindle providing an axis of rotation for a speed adjuster of the CVT; and
a rotatable support member configured to move axially, the support member operably coupled to at least one of the spindles, the support member in contact with the speed adjuster; and
providing a rotatable support member configured to move axially, the support member operably coupled to at least one of the spindles, the support member in contact with the speed adjuster; and
coupling the CVT to a rotatable wheel;
adjusting a tilt position of at least one spindle based on the speed of rotation of the rotatable wheel.
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