Patent ID: 8720291

Claim:
An automatic multi-speed gear system comprising: at least one gear system comprising: an input axle configured to rotate about an input axle axis; an input axle gear coupled with said input axle, wherein said input axle gear is rotatable with said input axle; a first arm coupled with said input axle and configured to allow for independent rotational movement of said input axle about said input axle axis, wherein said first arm is configured to rotate about said input axle between a high-speed misalignment position and a low-speed alignment position, wherein said first arm is further coupled with a first axle and configured to allow for independent rotational movement of said first axle about a first axle axis; a first axle input gear coupled with said first axle, wherein said first axle input gear is rotatable with said first axle, wherein said first axle input gear is rotationally engageable with said input axle gear; a first axle output gear coupled with said first axle, wherein said first axle output gear is rotatable with said first axle; a second arm coupled with said first axle and configured to allow for independent rotational movement of said first axle about said first axle axis, wherein said second arm is configured to orbit said first axle in said low-speed alignment position, wherein said second arm is further coupled with a second axle and configured to allow for independent rotational movement of said second axle about a second axle axis; a second axle input gear coupled with said second axle, wherein said second axle input gear is rotatable with said second axle, wherein said second axle input gear is rotationally engageable with said first axle output gear; a second axle output gear coupled with said second axle, wherein said second axle output gear is rotatable with said second axle; and an output axle gear coupled with and rotatable with an output axle and configured to rotationally engage with said second axle output gear.