Patent ID: 7665377

Claim:
A continuously variable transmission system comprising: an input rotational member comprising a first circular input member end and a second circular input member end; an output rotational member comprising a first circular output member end and a second circular output member end, wherein the output rotational member is located such that the second input member end faces the first output member end, the first circular input member end, second circular input member end, first circular output member end and second circular output member end sharing a tangential plane; an idler shaft comprising a first shaft end and a second shaft end; a first idler wheel located on the idler shaft at the first shaft end, and in contact with the input rotational member; and a second idler wheel located on the idler shaft at the second shaft end, and in contact with the output rotational member and wherein the idler shaft and first and second idler wheels are configured to translate rotation of the input rotational member to the output rotational member.