Patent ID: 6949854

Claim:
A continuously variable transmission (CVT) comprising: an input shaft including a first set of magnets; an output shaft including a second set of magnets, the input and output shaft rotating in the same direction at different speeds with the input shafts rotational speed greater than the output shafts as in a gear reduction application; when the magnets of the input shaft come in close proximity to the magnets of the output shaft their magnetic fields interact via magnetic attraction and/or magnetic repulsion such that high amplitude pulses of kinetic energy are transferred from the input shaft to the output shaft as the magnets pass each other; the average torque available on the output shaft is greater than the average torque available on the input shaft when the output shaft is rotating slower than the input shaft in a gear reduction application, and the sum of the period, amplitude, and frequency of the high amplitude pulses of kinetic energy exceeds the average torque available on the input shaft; a flywheel coupled to the input shaft, the high amplitude pulses of kinetic energy are extracted from the flywheel, and the peak amplitude of the kinetic energy pulses exceeds the average torque available on the input shaft; and a moveable connection to connect a set of magnets to a shaft, such that the magnets move with respect to the shaft, optimizing the magnetic field interaction such that the sum of the attraction and repulsion forces are not zero, thereby providing a net transfer of kinetic energy from the input shaft to the output shaft.