Patent ID: 8469853

Claim:
A transmission comprising: a first disc mounted coaxially about a longitudinal axis of the transmission; a plurality of tiltable balls placed angularly about the longitudinal axis and in contact with the first disc; a second disc mounted coaxially about the longitudinal axis of the transmission and in contact with the plurality of tiltable balls; an idler placed radially inward of, and in contact with, the plurality of tiltable balls; a cage operably coupled to the plurality of balls; and a first planetary gear set having a ring gear, a carrier, and a sun gear, wherein at least one of the first disc, second disc, idler, and cage are adapted to couple to the planetary gear set; a first gear shaft coupled to the first planetary gear set, the first gear shaft lying along the longitudinal axis of the transmission; a second planetary gear set having a ring gear, a carrier, and a sun gear, the second planetary gear set operably coupled to the first planetary gear set; and a second gear shaft coupled to the second planetary gear set, the second gear shaft parallel to the longitudinal axis.