Patent ID: 6997848

Claim:
A transmission for providing a continuously variable relation between a driving member and a driven member, said transmission system comprising: a driving cone shaped member connected to a powered shaft; an output drive disk and drive shaft assembly frictionally engaged with the driving cone shaped member; said output drive disk and drive shaft assembly having a linear transporter to engage an output drive disk with a narrow diameter, low gear, portion of the driving cone shaped member to a wide diameter, high gear, portion of the driving cone shaped member; said driving cone shaped member having a gear at its narrow end which meshes with a gear on an output drive disk, thereby providing a non-slip engagement between the output drive disk and the driving cone shaped member in a lowest gear ratio position; and wherein the output drive disk and drive shaft assembly further comprises a hinged frame connected to a base frame of the driving cone shaped member; and wherein a powered actuator maintains a desired pressure of the output drive disk against the driving cone shaped member by simultaneously forcing a portion of the output drive shaft on opposite sides of the output drive disk toward the driving cone.