AUTOMATIC INFINITELY VARIABLE MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC F16H33/14 

FIELD: mechanical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: proposed automatic infinitely variable mechanical transmission includes coaxial drive shaft 1 and driven shaft 2, cylindrical drive sun wheel 3 and cylindrical driven sun wheel 4, main cylindrical satellites 5 and 6, additional satellites 8 provided with sturdy gear rings and mounted on radial axle of carrier 7, bevel supporting wheel 9 connected with drive of bearing wheel and overrunning clutch. Supporting wheel drive has drive wheel 10 and intermediate wheel 11 engaged with it and mounted on shaft 12 together with second intermediate wheel 16. Intermediate wheel shaft 12 is rotatable in transmission body 13 in parallel with drive shaft. Bearing wheel 9 is provided with two gear rings: taper gear ring 14 and cylindrical gear ring 15 which are thrown into engagement with additional satellites 8 and intermediate wheel 16, respectively. Drive and driven wheels are located on opposite sides from carrier.

EFFECT: simplified construction, reduced mass, enhanced efficiency, wide range of control of torque depending on load applied to driven shaft.

4 cl, 1 dwg