Patent ID: 7147587

Claim:
A continuously variable transmission system comprising: an input means for an input shaft wherein said input shaft is a flexible constant velocity device connected to a hemisphere wheel on the inside center of said hemisphere wheel; said hemisphere wheel having a bearing located on the outside circumference of the hemisphere wheel; a housing having a mounting attached to an outer race of the bearing at two opposing pivot points located at the hemispheres major diameter; a control lever having a joint attachment to the outer race of the bearing, the joint attachment being circumferentially spaced about the outer race by 90 degrees with respect to the pivot points of the mounting; an output means for an output shaft wherein said output shaft is connected to a second wheel at the center of said second wheel; the circumference of said second wheel is engaged with the outside of said hemisphere wheel; said control lever having the ability to swing the hemisphere wheel around the pivot points of the mounting to change the engaged diameter of the hemisphere wheel.