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CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION

  • US 20080200300A1
  • Filed: 08/20/2007
  • Published: 08/21/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An axle-ball combination for a ball-leg assembly of a continuously variable transmission (“

  • CVT”

    ), the axle-ball combination comprising;

    a ball adapted to transmit torque and axial loads between an input disc and an output disc of the CVT, the ball having a central bore through a diameter of the ball; and

    an axle comprising;

    an elongated, generally cylindrical first portion that fits in the central bore and extends beyond the diameter of the ball on each side of the central bore; and

    generally elongated and cylindrical second and third portions on each end of the first portion of the axle, wherein the second and third portions have diameters that are smaller than a diameter of the first portion.

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