INERTIA TRANSMISSION Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: mechanical engineering; engine or muscular operated vehicles, machines and mechanisms. SUBSTANCE: proposed transmission has housing with fitted in flywheel, three-member planetary mechanism whose carrier is coupled with input shaft, one of driven members, with flywheel, and other driven member, with output shaft. Transmission has also clutch and gear ratio changer. The latter uses planetary mechanism and clutch included into transmission. Clutch is installed on output shaft and is coupled with flywheel to convey acceleration to flywheel and rotation to output shaft at disengagement of clutch, and subsequent direct transmission of rotation from flywheel and input shaft to output shaft at engagement of clutch. EFFECT: simplified gear ratio control system, energy storage and consumption control. 6 cl, 4 dwg