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US3102431A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

V-belt pulley variable transmission

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-03-31
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Granted: 1963-09-03
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Expires: 1981-03-31
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Maurer Albrecht

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 14:46
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16H; F16H9/00; F16H9/02; F16H9/04; F16H9/12; F16H9/16

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 252 words
A V-BELT PULLEY INFINITELY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION FREELY DETACHABLE UNIT COMPRISING A DRIVING SHAFT, A DRIVEN SHAFT SPACED PARALLEL TO SAID DRIVING SHAFT, A PAIR OF V-BELT PULLEYS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SHAFTS RESPECTIVELY, EACH OF SAID PULLEYS COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONE-SHAPED FLANGES, ONE FLANGE OF EACH PAIR BEING FIXEDLY SECURED TO ITS RESPECTIVE SHAFT, THE OTHER FLANGE OF EACH PAIR BEING DISPLACEABLE AXIALFLY BUT NON-ROTATABLY ON SAID RESPECTIVE SHAFT, A V-BELT ARRANGED TO TRAVEL OVER THE PULLEYS AND DEFINING A PERIPHERY, MEANS FOR ALTERING THE RELATIVE RATE OF REVOLUTION OF SAID PULLEYS, BEARING MEMBERS FOR SAID SHAFTS, A HOUSING FOR SAID TRANSMISSION UNIT, ONE WALL OF WHICH SUPPORTS THE BEARING MEMBERS FOR ONE END OF EACH OF SAID SHAFTS, A SUPPORT PLATE SPACED PARALLELLY FROM SAID WALL FOR SUPPORTING THE BEARING MEMBERS FOR THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID SHAFTS, TRAVERSE MEANS BETWEEN SAID WALL AND SAID PLATE, SAID TRAVERSE MEANS BEING DISPOSED WITHIN SAID PERIPHERY OF THE V-BELT, THE AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE FLANGE OF EACH PULLEY BEING OPPOSITE THE FIXED FLANGE OF THE OTHER PULLEY, SAID TRAVERSE MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF PARALLEL SPACED RODS EXTENDING IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID SHAFTS AND AN ADJUSTABLE DOG OPERATIVELY ENGAGED WITH SAID AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE FLANGES ON AND BETWEEN SAID RODS FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS ADJUSTMENT OF SAID AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE FLANGES, RELATIVE TO SAID FIXED FLANGES AND CONTROL MEANS MOUNTED EXTERIORLY OF SAID HOUSING, ENGAGING SAID DOG FOR DISPLACING THE LATTER, SAID CONTROL MEANS HAVING AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE AXES OF SAID SHAFTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 252 words
A V-BELT PULLEY INFINITELY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION FREELY DETACHABLE UNIT COMPRISING A DRIVING SHAFT, A DRIVEN SHAFT SPACED PARALLEL TO SAID DRIVING SHAFT, A PAIR OF V-BELT PULLEYS MOUNTED ON EACH OF SAID SHAFTS RESPECTIVELY, EACH OF SAID PULLEYS COMPRISING A PAIR OF CONE-SHAPED FLANGES, ONE FLANGE OF EACH PAIR BEING FIXEDLY SECURED TO ITS RESPECTIVE SHAFT, THE OTHER FLANGE OF EACH PAIR BEING DISPLACEABLE AXIALFLY BUT NON-ROTATABLY ON SAID RESPECTIVE SHAFT, A V-BELT ARRANGED TO TRAVEL OVER THE PULLEYS AND DEFINING A PERIPHERY, MEANS FOR ALTERING THE RELATIVE RATE OF REVOLUTION OF SAID PULLEYS, BEARING MEMBERS FOR SAID SHAFTS, A HOUSING FOR SAID TRANSMISSION UNIT, ONE WALL OF WHICH SUPPORTS THE BEARING MEMBERS FOR ONE END OF EACH OF SAID SHAFTS, A SUPPORT PLATE SPACED PARALLELLY FROM SAID WALL FOR SUPPORTING THE BEARING MEMBERS FOR THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID SHAFTS, TRAVERSE MEANS BETWEEN SAID WALL AND SAID PLATE, SAID TRAVERSE MEANS BEING DISPOSED WITHIN SAID PERIPHERY OF THE V-BELT, THE AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE FLANGE OF EACH PULLEY BEING OPPOSITE THE FIXED FLANGE OF THE OTHER PULLEY, SAID TRAVERSE MEANS COMPRISING A PAIR OF PARALLEL SPACED RODS EXTENDING IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION OF SAID SHAFTS AND AN ADJUSTABLE DOG OPERATIVELY ENGAGED WITH SAID AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE FLANGES ON AND BETWEEN SAID RODS FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS ADJUSTMENT OF SAID AXIALLY DISPLACEABLE FLANGES, RELATIVE TO SAID FIXED FLANGES AND CONTROL MEANS MOUNTED EXTERIORLY OF SAID HOUSING, ENGAGING SAID DOG FOR DISPLACING THE LATTER, SAID CONTROL MEANS HAVING AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE AXES OF SAID SHAFTS.

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