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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162785 | Continuously variable conical pulley transmission with traction mechanism belt A continuously variable conical pulley transmission having pairs of conical pulleys which are rotationally fixedly arranged on drive input and drive output shafts and of which in each case one is fixed to the shaft and one is axially movable, and between which a tra... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152665 | Pulley structure and belt-type continuously variable transmission A fixed sheave mounted on an input shaft and a movable sheave mounted on a cylindrical member that is slidably supported in the axial direction relative to the input shaft are respectively structured using annular members having the same shape. With this structure, ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8100789 | Anti-slip sheaves for continuously variable transmissions A sheave for use in a continuously variable transmission comprises a truncated, substantially conical portion having an inner radius, an outer radius and a contact surface extending between the inner radius and the outer radius. The contact surface of the sheave may... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8012050 | Snowmobile with improved drive train A snowmobile is disclosed having improved drive train including a continuously variable transmission (CVT) having a drive belt looped around a driving pulley and a driven pulley, and a transversely arranged jackshaft wherein the driven pulley is connected directly o... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8002653 | Power unit having engine and continuously variable transmission, configuration thereof, and vehicle incorporating same A power unit includes an engine having a crankshaft, and a continuously variable transmission having a drive pulley operatively connected with the crankshaft, a driven pulley, and a belt extended between and wrapped around the drive pulley and the driven pulley. The... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980972 | Roller variator for actuating continuously variable transmissions A continuously variable transmission (CVT) with a roller variator as an actuator for adjusting the speed ratio of the CVT. The CVT is of the variable-diameter pulley type and has first and second variable-diameter pulleys mechanically linked by a drive belt or other... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7942766 | Apparatus and method for stretching the links of a transmission chain while surpassing the limit of elasticity thereof To obtain a compact structure and to increase at the same time the structural stiffness of an apparatus for plastically deforming and strengthening the links, which are intercoupled by rocker pins, of a complete endless transmission chain, said apparatus comprises a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7896764 | Transmission bearing noise attenuation device A transmission noise attenuation device for a bearing assembly of a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission having a chain that serves as an endless torque-transmitting device. A shaft is rotatably supported in a bearing that includes a bearing outer ring with a cyl... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7824284 | Power transmission belt and cord adhesive system and adhesion method A power transmission belt incorporating an adhesive treatment system and method for bonding fiber to rubber which includes an optional primer coat based on a low-molecular-weight isocyanate, followed by an overcoat including: (a) a prepolymer based on an isocyanate-... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7803074 | Belt type continuous variable transmission, power unit having the belt type continuous variable transmission, vehicle mounting thereon the belt type continuous variable transmission, and sheave for continuous variable transmission A belt type continuous variable transmission comprises a primary sheave, a secondary sheave, and a belt. The primary sheave comprises a first sheave body, a second sheave body that forms between it and the first sheave body a belt groove, about which a belt is entra... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803075 | Vehicle transmission A vehicle transmission includes a crankshaft extending through a seal cover and into an oil-storing end portion of a driven shaft. The oil-storing end portion of the driven shaft defines a lubricating space filled with lubricating oil, and extends into the seal cove... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798927 | Belt-type continuously variable transmission and straddle-type vehicle Wear of a V-belt and wear of sheaves in a belt type continuously variable transmission is compatibly prevented. A V-belt wound around a primary sheave \ and a secondary sheave is formed with a resin block belt. A sheave surface of the primary sheave is plated with c... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7780556 | Belt drive system A belt drive system including an assembly of a heavy-duty drive V-belt 5 and pulleys 2 and 4 reduces noise generating owing to belt travel while ensuring the durability of the pulleys 2 and 4. The surfaces of belt grooves 6 ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7708660 | Belt type continuously variable transmission A belt type continuously variable transmission includes an adjustable sheave which is provided with a fixed rotor fixed to a revolving shaft and with a movable rotor attached to the revolving shaft by spline fit in a manner inhibiting their relative rotation and all... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7699728 | Variable speed transmission A variable speed transmission of the continuously variable type. The transmission includes an input pulley having primary and secondary sheaves and an output pulley having primary and secondary sheaves. The primary and secondary sheaves of the input pulley are mount... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7670239 | Belt type continuously variable transmission Usually, the speed change control of the transmission is carried out in accordance with a real speed ratio “i” provided based on a primary pulley rotation speed “N1” and a secondary pulley rotation speed “N2”. While, when, at the time of st... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7648435 | Belt-type continuously variable transmission A belt-type continuously variable transmission (15) includes a primary sheave (29) having a pair of first clamp surfaces (37a, 37b), a secondary sheave (30) having a pair of second clamp surfaces (51a... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7604557 | Vehicle transmission A vehicle transmission includes a crankshaft box unit, a clutch unit, and a transmission box unit. The crankshaft box unit includes a crankshaft box, a crankshaft extending through the clutch unit and into the transmission box unit, a driven shaft disposed in the tr... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7431674 | Continuously variable transmission Continuously variable transmission provided with a primary pulley and a secondary pulley, around which a drive belt is arranged, clamped between two conical pulley discs of the respective pulley, a running surface of at least one pulley disc of the primary pulley an... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7377351 | Power train for a utility vehicle A power train for a vehicle includes a gearbox with an input shaft and an output shaft and is configured such that the input shaft drives the output shaft at a single speed ratio in a first direction and a single speed ratio in a second direction. The output shaft i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7361108 | Continuously variable transmission A continuously variable transmission with two conical disk pairs on the input side and two conical disk pairs on the output-side that are connected with each another by two parallel endless torque-transmitting members in a drive mechanism. In one form of the transmi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354365 | Metal belt A metal belt includes a metal ring assembly formed from a plurality of layered endless metal rings, and a large number of metal elements supported on the metal ring assembly, the metal belt assembly being wound around a pulley and transmitting a driving force. The c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351169 | Utility machinery and associated control arrangements A power transmission device for utility machinery is disclosed, the device including: a) a sleeve supporting a first sheave member having a first face; b) a hub received through the sleeve and moveable axially in relation thereto, the hub supporting a second sheave ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7341533 | CVT housing having wear-resistant bore A continuously variable transmission (CVT) includes an aluminum housing member having a bore formed therein. A rotatable pulley member is supported on a bearing within the bore. The bore includes a layer of thermal spray coating for improved wear resistance so that ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331889 | Apparatuses and methods for controlling a variable speed transmission Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for controlling a variable-speed transmission utilizing a pulley structure including first and second pulley members coupled for free rotation together about a shaft. The second pulley member can be axially movable relative to t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7316626 | Engine An engine having an engine case on one side of which a V-belt type of continuously variable transmission is provided, the CVT being placed in a transmission case and constituted that a V-belt is routed around a drive pulley and a driven pulley, the drive pulley bein... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311623 | Engine incorporating a V-belt type continuously variable transmission An engine has a continuously variable transmission in which a drive pulley is attached to an end of a crankshaft. The drive pulley is coupled by a flexible transmitter to a driven pulley. The driven pulley is attached to an end of a transmission shaft. A centrifugal... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311624 | Apparatus for controlling speed of a water pump For enhancement of heating performance of a vehicle, operating speed of a water pump of an engine is varied in accordance with engine operation conditions, so a speed of a coolant temperature increase can be accelerated when needed. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303495 | Continuously variable transmission case cover A case cover for a continuously variable transmission includes a wall having a plurality of fastening elements thereon and at which a sheave assembly is rotatably mountable. The wall forms at least a portion of a cavity for containing at least a portion of the sheav... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294077 | CVT belt with chromium nitride coating A belt for a continuously variable transmission (CVT) includes at least one continuous band supported against a contact face in a slot formed in each of a plurality of transverse elements of the CVT. The band has a surface positioned against the contact face. This s... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281603 | Engine An engine for an offroad vehicle including a crankcase, a transversely extending crankshaft, and a transmission connected to the crankshaft. The transmission includes a drive pulley, a driven pulley, and a drive belt connecting the drive pulley and the driven pulley... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278939 | Power transmission A power transmission comprises a belt type continuously variable ratio-change mechanism CVT and a fixed ratio rotational transmission mechanism GT, which transmit the rotational driving force of a primary shaft 1 rotationally driven by an engine to a counters... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276003 | Vertical band saw machine with a speed ratio varying device A vertical band saw machine includes a first transmitting shaft driven by a drive force of a motor, a second transmitting shaft journaling a lower blade mounting pulley for rotating an endless band saw blade, and a speed ratio varying device coupling the transmittin... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276002 | Surface texture configuration for CVT pulley A pulley engageable with a belt for use in a continuously variable transmission includes first and second pulley halves rotatable about an axis and relatively moveable in a direction of the axis. The pulley halves include truncated conical portions symmetrically opp... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7264564 | Cone disc infinitely-variable gearbox A cone disc infinitely-variable gearbox including a shaft, a cone disc preferably embodied in one piece with the shaft, a cone disc connected to the shaft in a non-rotating axially-displaceable manner, a bearing ring axially fixed onto the shaft at a separation from... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7252608 | Automatic transmission having at least two conical disk sets An automatic transmission (1) is described, having a variator (5) that comprises at least two conical disk sets (2, 3), such that a wrap-around element (4) is guided via the conical disk sets (2, 3) for torque transmission with con... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243564 | Power transmission system of engine The power transmission system of an engine is mounted on the all-terrain vehicle and has a crankshaft driven by the engine and the crankshaft is arranged in a direction of width of a vehicle body. A sub-shaft is arranged parallel to the crankshaft and the rotation o... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241238 | Device for controlling contact pressure in a continuously variable transmission The invention relates to a device for controlling the contact pressure of a transmission element of a continuously variable transmission, especially the traction element of a flexible drive for motor vehicles. The inventive device is provided with at least two lever... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7237638 | V-belt type continuously variable transmission A belt continuously variable transmission apparatus having a case which includes a power transmission case (which is part of a crankcase of an engine), a power transmission case cover, and an actuator cover assembled forwardly of the power transmission case cover (d... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235035 | Release clutch for a vehicle A vehicle includes an engine that powers a wheel through a drive train. The drive train includes a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and toothed gearing disposed between the CVT and the wheel. A release clutch is also disposed between the CVT and the wheel. A... | 06/26/2007 |
