Patent ID: 8682549

Claim:
An electronically controlled CVT for managing a transmission ratio between an engine and a rotatable ground-contacting member of a vehicle, the electronically controlled CVT comprising: a drive portion comprising a drive pulley including two opposed sheaves; an assisting mechanism for managing the transmission ratio by changing the distance between the two opposed sheaves for reducing a discrepancy between a vehicle speed and the peripheral speed of an airborne rotatable ground-contacting member; receiving a signal from a sensor disposed on the vehicle to determine if the rotatable ground contacting member is airborne; determining a desired circumferential speed of the rotatable ground-contacting member; and sending a signal indicative of the desired circumferential speed of the ground-contacting member to the electronically controlled CVT; wherein the sent signal is material for setting the transmission ratio for reducing the discrepancy between the vehicle speed and the circumferential speed of the airborne ground-contacting member.